148 Ga. App. 431 - State v. Hovers’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 1991
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 125 Ga. App. 831 - Tukes v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) A person commits the offense of arson in the first degree when, by means of fire or explosive, he knowingly damages or knowingly causes, aids, abets, advises, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another to damage: (1) Any dwelling house of another without his consent or in which another has a security interest ... whether it is occupied, unoccupied, or vacant; (2) Any building ... or other structure of another ... if such structure is designed for use as a dwelling, whether it is occupied, unoccupied, or vacant ____”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.