255 Ga. App. 40 - Klaub v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “In order to disqualify a juror for cause, it must be established that the juror’s opinion was so fixed and definite that it would not be changed by the evidence or the charge of the court upon the evidence. The law does not set an impossible standard on the state to obtain jurors completely free of the mere existence of any preconceived notion as to the guilt or innocence of an accused. . . . It is sufficient if the juror can lay aside his impression or opinion and render a verdict based on the evidence presented in court. Irwin v. Dowd, 366 U. S. 717, 723 (81 SC 1639, 6 LE2d 751) (1961). 38”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 Ga. App. 601 - Foster v. State

2. “An injury or damage is proximately caused by an act or a failure to act whenever it appears from the evidence in the case that the act or omission played a substantial part in bringing about or actually causing the injury or damage and that the injury or damage was either a direct result or a reasonably probable consequence of the act or omission. It is not sufficient to show that the defendant only contributed to the cause of the injury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 262 Ga. App. 564 - Guzman v. State

3. “It is nonsensical to require that a driver’s action in leaving the scene cause the victim’s injury or death. If this were the rule, if a victim died immediately after impact, a hit and run driver could never be charged with first degree vehicular homicide through a violation of OCGA§ 40-6-270 (b) because there would never be any evidence that his failure to stop and render aid caused the victim’s death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 284 Ga. App. 893 - Henry v. State