249 Ga. App. 857 - Hayes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When reviewing a trial court’s decision on a motion to suppress, this court’s responsibility is to ensure that a substantial basis existed for the decision. Evidence is construed most favorably to uphold the findings and judgment, and the trial court’s findings on disputed facts and credibility of the witnesses are adopted unless they are clearly erroneous. Further, because the trial court is the trier of fact, its findings are analogous to a jury verdict and will not be disturbed if any evidence supports them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 Ga. App. 117 - State v. Ayers

2. “a defendant is obliged to request a continuance to cure any prejudice which may have resulted from the State’s failure to comply with the requirements of the reciprocal discovery act. State v. Dickerson. 2 Under the circumstances, we hold that [Ruff] waived [his] right to assert error on appeal by [his knowing] failure to seek a continuance. Jenkins v. State. 3”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 Ga. App. 694 - Ruff v. State