King v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently July 2014 · most notably Agan v. Vaughn (1997), 229 Ga. App. 691 - Baptiste v. State (1997)
3 federal appellate · 31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on Savage v. Savage · Humphrey v. State · Ferry v. State · 124 Ga. App. 670 - Ansley v. State · 138 Ga. App. 859 - Scogin v. State
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.
“"It was error for the trial judge to refuse to disqualify himself. The commentary following Canon 2 of the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct explains that a judge 'must avoid all impropriety and appearance of impropriety.' 231 Ga. A-2; Ferry v. State , 245 Ga. 698 , 267 S.E.2d 1 (1980). Canon 3.C.(1) provides that 'A judge should disqualify himself in a proceeding in which his impartiality might *Page 1039 reasonably be questioned, including but not limited to instances where: . . . (b) he served as a lawyer in the matter in controversy . . .' 231 Ga. A-5; Scogin v. State , 138 Ga. App. 859 , 861 (2), 227 S.E.2d 780 (1976). 'We interpret the word "should" to mean "shall" in the context of this requirement.' Savage v. Savage , 234 Ga. 853 , 856 , 218 S.E.2d 568 (1975); Savage v. Savage , 238 Ga. 16 (2), 230 S.E.2d 851 (1976). "Furthermore, Code Ann. § 24-102 states that 'No judge . . . of any court . . . shall . . . preside, act or serve, in any case or matter . . . in which he has been of counsel . . . without the consent of all parties in interest. . . .' Although we have held that it is not grounds for disqualification that a judge in his previous capacity as district attorney prosecuted the defendant on another charge ( Fowler v. Strickland , 243 Ga. 30 , 32 , 252 S.E.2d 459 (1979)), we also are of the opinion that the Court of Appeals was correct in concluding that the words 'of counsel' should not 'be so restricted as to include only representation in a suit or proceeding”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] person commits the offense of bribery when . .. [h]e gives or offers to give to any person acting for or on behalf of the state or any political subdivision thereof. . . any benefit, reward, or consideration to which he is not entitled with the purpose of influencing him in the performance of any act related to the functions of his office.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A fundamental requirement of a criminal statute is that it gives “fair warning” of what conduct is criminal. Further, it must not be so vague, uncertain or ambiguous as to make it improbable that ordinary people of equal intelligence could misconstrue its meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rozier v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.