201 Ga. App. 73 - Starr v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In Cage , it is clear that it was both the definition of reasonable doubt, which impermissibly equated reasonable doubt with a “grave uncertainty” and an “actual substantial doubt,” coupled with the reference to “moral [and reasonable] certainty” that invalidated the jury instruction. Id. Here, the instruction properly defined reasonable doubt, and we hold that the reference to “moral and reasonable certainty” does not, standing alone, lessen the burden of proof required for conviction in violation of the Due Process Clause. [Starr v. State, 201 Ga. App. 73, 75 ( 410 SE2d 180 ) (1991).]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bradford v. State