205 Ga. App. 687 - Jefferson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although appellant did not challenge the validity of his sentence in his first appeal, if the sentence imposed was a void sentence, then a new and valid sentence can be imposed by the trial judge at any time. See also McCranie v. State, 157 Ga.App. 110, 111 (3), 276 S.E.2d 263 (1981), which holds that although habeas corpus would have been an appropriate remedy to determine the validity of a sentence, it is not necessarily an exclusive or sole remedy; such an action may be brought in the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 234 Ga. App. 260 - Howard v. State

2. “OCGA § 17-10-1 (a) (1) authorizes the trial judge to impose sentence `within the minimum and maximum prescribed by law as the punishment for the crime.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 209 Ga. App. 859 - Jefferson v. State