266 Ga. App. 233 - State v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]bsent the officer making any statement that would cause ' a reasonable person to believe that he was under arrest and not temporarily detained during an investigation, the officer’s “belief” that probable cause exists to make an arrest does not determine when the arrest is effectuated until the officer overtly acts so that a reasonable person would believe he was under arrest.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 286 Ga. App. 32 - Tune v. State · Crider v. State

2. “As a general rule, Miranda warnings are not required while an investigating officer conducts preliminary questioning or field sobriety tests; however, after a DUI suspect is arrested, Miranda warnings must precede further field sobriety tests in order for evidence of the results to be admissible.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. The State v. Holt · Crider v. State

3. “[c]learly HGN testing, although far from a complex procedure, may be subject to human error in its administration or interpretation; however, such potential for error does not impact on the validity of the HGN test [generally]; no procedures are infallible. An accused may always introduce evidence of the possibility of error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 271 Ga. App. 874 - State v. Tousley