232 Ga. App. 745 - Roberts v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]n proving chain of custody, the State is not required to show that the substance was guarded each minute it is in one’s custody, and in the absence of a showing to the contrary, the chain is not thereby broken. In the absence of evidence of tampering with the substance the chain of custody has not been shown to be broken. When there is only a bare speculation of tampering, it is proper to admit the evidence and let what doubt remains go to its weight.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 251 Ga. App. 437 - Hill v. State

2. “does not require irrelevant material to be admitted into evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 344 Ga. App. 274 - West v. State