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← 270 Ga. App. 582 - Berrian v. State

270 Ga. App. 582 - Berrian v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2004

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 2015
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 205 Ga. App. 689 - Duke v. State · 222 Ga. App. 397 - Carter v. State · 222 Ga. App. 796 - Weidmann v. State

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

  1. “'The statute was made purposefully broad to cover actions which might not be otherwise unlawful, but which obstructed or hindered law enforcement officers in carrying out their duties.’”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “essential elements” of misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer are:”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.