256 Ga. App. 692 - Ferrell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In a prosecution for a sexual offense, evidence of sexual paraphernalia found in defendant’s possession is inadmissible unless it shows defendant’s lustful disposition toward the sexual activity with which he is charged or his bent of mind to engage in that activity. Under this rule, sexually explicit material cannot be introduced merely to show a defendant’s interest in sexual activity. It can only be admitted if it can be linked to the crime charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 288 Ga. App. 169 - Herring v. State

2. “No requirement exists that this testimony be corroborated. The jury obviously believed the victim's testimony as to the counts on which [McKinney] was found guilty. Determining the credibility of witnesses is entirely within the province of the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 269 Ga. App. 12 - McKinney v. State

3. “[n]o requirement exists that this testimony be corroborated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 293 Ga. App. 674 - Farris v. State