224 Ga. App. 378 - Goodroe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he accused and his counsel have the right to be present at every stage of the proceedings and personally see and know what is being done in the case. To say that no injury results when it appears that what occurred in their absence was regular and legal would, in effect, practically do away with this great and important right, one element of which is to see to it that what does take place is in accord with law and good practice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 328 Ga. App. 686 - PHILLIPS Et Al. v. HARMON Et Al.

2. “The accused and his counsel have the right to be present at every stage of the proceedings and personally see and know what is being done in the case.... The right may be waived by the defendant personally, or by defendant’s counsel if counsel does so in the defendant’s presence or pursuant to the defendant’s express authority, or the defendant may subsequently acquiesce in counsel’s waiver.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 273 Ga. App. 300 - Womack v. State