State v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 5841 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Vines v. State · Carson v. State · 4 Ga. App. 207 - Roberts v. State · Johnson v. State · Hardwick 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Criminal statutes] must be construed strictly against criminal liability and, if it is susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation, the interpretation most favorable to the party facing criminal liability must be adopted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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