Elder v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 2002
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 146 Ga. App. 237 - Walker v. State · Stull v. State · 223 Ga. App. 154 - Spray v. State · Hosch v. Brown
Most-quoted passages
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“The phrase "regardless of the manner in which the property is taken or appropriated" is broad enough to encompass theft by deception. Thus, a state may indict an individual for theft by taking, yet prove the elements of theft by deception. See, e.g., Stull v. State, 230 Ga. 99, 101 (1), 196 S.E.2d 7 (1973); Byrd v. State, 186 Ga.App. 446, 447 (1), 367 S.E.2d 300 (1988).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A person deceives if he intentionally: (1) Creates or confirms another's impression of an existing fact or past event which is false and which the accused knows or believes to be false; [or] (2) Fails to correct a false impression of an existing fact or past event which he has previously created or confirmed....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A person commits the offense of theft by deception when he obtains property by any deceitful means or artful practice with the intention of depriving the owner of the property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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