197 Ga. App. 112 - Fletcher v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
March 2009
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Harris v. State · Moore v. State · Ford v. State · Jordan 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`Now, ladies and gentlemen, you will also be considering or will be authorized to consider what is termed a lesser included offense, that of reckless conduct, and I will get into the definition of that in just a second. But with regards to the offense of reckless conduct, as (the State's attorney) has stated, this is a misdemeanor. It is different from an aggravated assault. Aggravated assault is a felony.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“nothing in the emphasized language of the above charge which pertains to possible sentences for the crime charged.”
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.