195 Ga. App. 773 - State v. Grimes’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
September 2004
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 193 Ga. App. 2 - State v. Webb · Atkins v. State · 170 Ga. App. 505 - State v. Waters · 191 Ga. App. 834 - State v. Billoups · 143 Ga. App. 3 - Franklin 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“However, even assuming that the other circumstances which were present in the instant case were not such as to establish probable cause for [Polke's] immediate arrest, his flight `was nevertheless clearly a sufficiently suspicious ... response to the (approach of law officers) so as to give (them) at least a reasonable suspicion of [Polke's] criminal activity and to warrant further investigation.' [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Flight at the approach of law officers is a strong indicium of means rea. [Cit.] Indeed, flight coupled with other circumstances has been held to establish probable cause for an immediate arrest. Scott v. State, 193 Ga. App. 74 ( 387 SE2d 31 ) (1989); State v. Billoups, 191 Ga. App. 834 ( 383 SE2d 198 ) (1989).”
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.