207 Ga. App. 424 - Higginbotham v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably 242 Ga. App. 281 - York v. State (2000), Smith v. State (1994)
28 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Batson v. Kentucky · Williams v. State · Gamble v. State · Maggard 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“credibility and, consequently, on the jury's determination as to his guilt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he law provides that a prosecuting attorney’s explanation, even if it is based upon mistake or ignorance, may be sufficient to rebut a prima facie Batson showing ([cit.]), so long as it is not “ ‘ “whimsical or fanciful” ’ but is ‘neutral,’ ‘related to the case to be tried,’ and a ‘ “clear and reasonably specific,” explanation of [the] “legitimate reasons” for exercising the challenges.’ [Cit.]” [Cit.] In this case, there is no contention that anything in the record would show that [the proffered reasons did] not [apply to each prospective juror]. Accordingly, it cannot be said that the explanation [s] . . . , even if based upon mistake or ignorance, [were] whimsical or fanciful. [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State“[o]bviously, possible affinity between a prospective juror and the very defendant on trial can constitute a neutral and non-racial explanation for the employment of a peremptory strike.... [and i]t was not required that the [s]tate prove that the prospective juror and appellant were personally acquainted”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Dorado
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.