247 Ga. App. 41 - Harris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[RJiding in a stolen . . . automobile as a passenger does not support a conviction for theft by receiving unless the accused also, at some point, acquires possession of or controls the vehicle, i.e., has the right to exercise power over a corporeal thing, or there exists some evidence, either direct or circumstantial, that the accused was a party to the crime by aiding and abetting its commission.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Jqw · 285 Ga. App. 866 - Jones v. State

2. “[a] person commits the offense of theft by receiving stolen property when he receives, disposes of, or retains stolen property which he knows or should know was stolen unless the property is received, disposed of, or retained with intent to restore it to the owner. “Receiving” means acquiring possession or control or lending on the security of the property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 332 Ga. App. 808 - Tigner v. the State

3. “Therefore, lacking evidence that the appellant ever possessed or controlled the car under OCGA § 16-8-7(a) or affirmatively acted as a party to the crime under OCGA § 16-2-20(b),”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Jqw