239 Ga. App. 541 - James v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Harwell v. State · 230 Ga. App. 224 - Culver v. State · 193 Ga. App. 894 - Green v. State · 234 Ga. App. 884 - Reynolds v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The crime of kidnapping with bodily injury . . . requires only that an injury, no matter how slight, occur during the kidnapping incident. Thus, . . . , whether the bodily injury occurs at the beginning of the kidnapping incident or after the victim has been abducted is immaterial for purposes of proving the elements of the crime.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“first step of the kidnapping; it immobilized the victim and allowed [the defendant] and his accomplice to drag the victim into the washroom and to bind him with tape”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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