240 Ga. App. 774 - Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a person who knowingly and willfully obstructs or hinders any law enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of his official duties is guilty of a misdemeanor.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 133 - Horton v. State · 347 Ga. App. 689 - BACON v. the STATE.

2. “Unlike in a civil case, the trial court in a criminal case may not direct a verdict for the State on an essential element, no matter how compelling the evidence. This is because “[ajlthough a jury has a duty to convict when the evidence proves guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, its duty is distinct from its power, and a jury has the power to acquit the defendant even if its verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State

3. “Consequently, as an essential element of a prosecution for this offense, the State must prove that the officer was in the lawful discharge of his official duties at the time of the obstruction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 689 - BACON v. the STATE.