271 Ga. App. 384 - King v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our Georgia Constitution requires that venue in all criminal cases must be laid in the county in which the crime was allegedly committed. Venue is a jurisdictional fact, and is an essential element in proving that one is guilty of the crime charged. Like every other material allegation in the indictment, venue must be proved by the prosecution beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dd · In the Interest of B. R.

2. “[T]he investigating officers' county of employment does not, in and of itself, constitute sufficient proof of venue to meet the beyond a reasonable doubt standard.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dd · In Re Br

3. “the Court disapproved the “slight evidence” exception to the rule requiring venue to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Under the exception, slight evidence was sufficient to prove venue when the evidence of venue was not conflicting and when no challenge to venue was raised at trial. The Court in Jones disapproved this exception, on the ground that venue is challenged whenever a criminal defendant pleads not guilty and is put on trial. 3”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 279 Ga. App. 457 - Moody v. State