Ohio Supreme Court· 1/31/2001
State v. Wells
Citations
- 91 Ohio St. 3d 32
- 740 N.E.2d 1097
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- “To determine the common, everyday meaning of a word, we have consistently used dictionary definitions.”
- “To determine the common, everyday meaning of a word, we have consistently used dictionary definitions.”
- the statutory term “anal cavity” does not include the victim’s buttocks because that interpretation would subject an offender committing only one criminal act to prosecution under two different criminal provisions
- “ ‘statutes will be construed to avoid unreasonable or absurd consequences’ ”
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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney
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29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. WhiteOhio Supreme Court· 2015-02-18· cited 117×
- State ex rel. Clay v. Cuyahoga Cty. Med. Examiner's Office (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court· 2017-11-30· cited 60×
- State v. SmithOhio Supreme Court· 2004-12-08· cited 44×
- People v. PazCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2017-04-14· cited 35×
- Campus Bus Service v. ZainoOhio Supreme Court· 2003-04-30· cited 20×
- In Re D.S.Ohio Supreme Court· 2016-10-19· cited 19×
- State v. StrongOhio Court of Appeals· 2011-09-30· cited 18×
- State v. RemyOhio Court of Appeals· 2018-07-20· cited 18×
- State v. D.H.Ohio Court of Appeals· 2018-02-13· cited 17×
- Ohio Power Co. v. BurnsOhio Supreme Court· 2022-12-29· cited 17×
- State v. WellsOhio Supreme Court· 2001-01-30· cited 13×
- State v. WrightOhio Court of Appeals· 2024-03-08· cited 10×
- State v. WashingtonOhio Court of Appeals· 2023-05-18· cited 9×
- In re B.H.Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2016-05-26· cited 7×
- State v. RoysterOhio Court of Appeals· 2015-09-04· cited 6×
- State v. LandersOhio Court of Appeals· 2017-03-31· cited 6×
- State v. Parker (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court· 2019-10-09· cited 6×
- State v. PattersonOhio Court of Appeals· 2021-07-12· cited 6×
- State v. GarciaOhio Court of Appeals· 2022-09-29· cited 6×
- In re M.P.Ohio Court of Appeals· 2023-03-23· cited 5×
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