254 Ga. App. 648 - Middleton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the nature of the charges, (2) any statutory lesser included offenses, (3) the range of allowable punishments for the charges, (4) possible defenses to the charges, (5) circumstances in mitigation thereof, and (6) all other facts essential to a broad understanding of the matter.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 260 Ga. App. 171 - Manning v. State · 330 Ga. App. 812 - Nguyen v. the State

2. “such error was not harmless where the record showed that the defendant did not mount an able defense-even though the evidence of guilt was ample.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. RUTLEDGE v. the STATE. · 343 Ga. App. 864 - MARTIN-ARGAW v. the STATE.

3. “The trial court need not use any 'magic words' to determine whether a waiver of counsel is valid, as long as the facts and circumstances of the case show that the defendant has been given sufficient information and guidance to make a knowing and intelligent decision whether to proceed pro se.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 710 - PUGH v. the STATE.