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comparative analysis in Ohio

17 Ohio opinions name it 2 courts 1988–2025 4 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Ohio courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Harmelin v. Michigangreen
scotus · 1991 · cited in 8 Ohio opinions naming this issue, 1995–2013
2 sentences

1999Instead, we agree with Justice Kennedy’s concurrence in Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. at 1005 , 111 S.Ct. at 2707 , 115 L.Ed.2d at 871 , in which he stated that a comparative analysis within the state where the ciime was committed and between jurisdictions (the second and third prongs in Solem) is “appropriate only in the rare case in which a threshold comparison of the crime committed and the sentence imposed leads to an inference of gross disproportionality.”

1999Instead, we agree with Justice Kennedy’s concurrence in Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. at 1005 , 111 S.Ct. at 2707 , 115 L.Ed.2d at 871 , in which he stated that a comparative analysis within the state where the ciime was committed and between jurisdictions (the second and third prongs in Solem) is “appropriate only in the rare case in which a threshold comparison of the crime committed and the sentence imposed leads to an inference of gross disproportionality.”

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State v. Glovergreen
ohio · 2024 · cited in 2 Ohio opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025Id. at ¶ 59 and R.C. 2953.08(G)(2). {¶31} Loy admits that the trial court made all the required findings.

2025But these other criminal cases are not part of the record we review when determining the proportionality of the sentence to Blanton’s crimes. “[T]he appellate-review statute asks a court of appeals to review whether the record clearly and convincing does not support the trial court’s findings, . . . it does not ask the court of appeals to engage in a comparative analysis of other cases.” State v. Glover, 2024-Ohio-5195, ¶ 59 (the court of appeals strays from its role when it compares a defendant’s sentence to the sentences imposed in other cases). {¶36} Next Blanton argues that the record clea

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In re Application of Columbus S. Power Co.green
ohio · 2012 · cited in 1 Ohio opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025See In re Application of Columbus S. Power Co., 2012-Ohio-5690, ¶ 36-38 .

2025For instance, in Columbus S. Power, 2012-Ohio-5690 , we considered whether the commission had authority under R.C. 4928.143(F) to remove a certain category of revenue generated by “off-system sales,” which are “wholesale sales 18 January Term, 2025 by the compan[y] to nonretail customers,” from the earnings test before conducting the comparative analysis.

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New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruengreen
scotus · 2022 · cited in 1 Ohio opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024Bruen, 142 S.Ct. 2111, 2127, 2136 .

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State v. D.H.green
ohioctapp · 2006 · cited in 1 Ohio opinions naming this issue, 2019–2019
1 sentence

2019See State v. D.H., 169 Ohio App.3d 798 , 206-Ohio- 6953, ¶ 36 (10th Dist.); Wood at ¶ 21-22. {¶22} In this case, the trial court instructed the jury regarding the relevant mental states by defining actions that are done purposely and knowingly in terms that tracked the language of the applicable statutes.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Ohio. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
South Community, Inc. v. State Employment Relations Board green
ohio · 1988
2 sentences

1989Relations Bd. (1988), 38 Ohio St.3d 224, 228 , 527 N.E.2d 864 , 867: “Also, the appellants argue that appeal of the issues sought here should also be denied based upon a comparative analysis of the chapter of Ohio law pertaining to the Public Employees’ Collective Bargaining Act and the National Labor Relations Act.

1989Relations Bd. (1988), 38 Ohio St.3d 224, 228 , 527 N.E.2d 864 , 867: “Also, the appellants argue that appeal of the issues sought here should also be denied based upon a comparative analysis of the chapter of Ohio law pertaining to the Public Employees’ Collective Bargaining Act and the National Labor Relations Act.

21988–1989
Perales v. Nino green
ohio · 1977
2 sentences

2020As stated herein, pursuant to In re C.V.M. at ¶ 10, and In re Perales, 52 Ohio St.2d 89 , 369 N.E.2d 1047 , it is inappropriate for the trial court to merely engage in a comparative analysis between Mother and appellees.

2020As stated herein, pursuant to In re C.V.M. at ¶ 10, and In re Perales, 52 Ohio St.2d 89 , 369 N.E.2d 1047 , it is inappropriate for the trial court to merely engage in a comparative analysis between Mother and appellees.

12020–2020
State v. Weitbrecht green
ohio · 1999
1 sentence

2002A comparative analysis within the State where the crime was committed and between jurisdictions is "appropriate only in the rare case in which a threshold comparison of the crime committed and the sentence imposed leads to an inference of gross disproportionality." State v. Weitbrecht (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 368 , 373 .

12002–2002

Statutes the citing opinions construe

OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.14 (5) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.04 (3) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.11 (3) OH § Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.13 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

CA 132 (1967–2026) TX 126 (1984–2026) NJ 36 (1959–2025) IL 28 (1981–2026) PA 24 (1976–2026) NY 22 (1927–2025) OH 17 (1988–2025) MI 15 (1973–2024) AZ 14 (1979–2021) MD 13 (1983–2021) AL 13 (1988–2018) KS 13 (1973–2026) TN 12 (1924–2018) NC 12 (1977–2024) FL 11 (1979–2012) LA 10 (1985–2015) NM 9 (1973–2018) MA 8 (1968–2020) NE 8 (1973–2026) IN 7 (1991–2024) MS 7 (1997–2022) AK 7 (1970–2020) VA 6 (1996–2024) CT 5 (2016–2019) WV 5 (1983–2013) ME 4 (1979–2007) RI 4 (1993–2012) MO 4 (1987–2020) WA 4 (1963–2019) ID 3 (2014–2020) MN 3 (2003–2013) IA 2 (2015–2015) SD 2 (1989–2010) PR 2 (1939–1963) DC 2 (1988–2026) UT 2 (2022–2024) HI 2 (2016–2016) AR 2 (1995–1995) SC 2 (2013–2024) VT 2 (2010–2016) WI 2 (2003–2019) KY 2 (2011–2025) CO 2 (2001–2015)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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