State v. Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that stalking statute was not overbroad as it did not “criminalize a substantial amount of constitutionally protected activity” and that it validly sought to criminalize behavior which “invades another person’s privacy interests”
• statute provided that a person is guilty of stalking when they engage in a pattern of conduct which “knowingly cause[s] another to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the other person or cause mental distress to the other person,”
• statute provided that a person is guilty of stalking when they engage in a pattern of conduct which “knowingly cause[s] another to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the other person or cause mental distress to the other person,”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lewis v. Jacobs
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2013-08-09· cited 14×
• Lundin v. Niepsuj
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2014-03-26· cited 12×
• R.G. v. R.M.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2017-11-30· cited 10×
• Coleman v. Razete
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2019-05-29· cited 7×
• State v. Crawl
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2025-08-12· cited 5×
• Cable v. McHenry
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2019-10-18· cited 3×
• J.B. v. O.S.Y.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2022-09-15· cited 3×
• Ehlers v. Thomas
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2024-07-01· cited 3×
• A.M. v. Leone
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-03-04· cited 3×
• State v. Crawl
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2024-03-01· cited 2×
• State v. Lamar-Smith
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2016-01-07· cited 1×
• L.J. v. M.P.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2021-02-04· cited 1×
• Swartz v. Van Deest
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2023-06-06· cited 1×
• State v. Fluker
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2026-04-09· cited 1×
• Crock v. Smith
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2023-11-06
• State v. Reeves
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-05-17
• T.K. v. D.O.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2026-02-05
• Thomason v. Thomas
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2026-04-06

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Thompkins
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-05-14· cited 16,183×
• State v. Adams
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1980-05-07· cited 3,804×
• State v. Anderson
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1991-02-13· cited 213×
• State v. Scott
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1986-08-20· cited 167×
• Riley v. City of Cincinnati
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1976-05-26· cited 107×