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← 273 Ga. 54 - Heidler v. State

Heidler v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2000

Citation profile

61
cited by 61 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 58 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Brady v. State of Maryland · Gregg v. Georgia · Irvin v. Dowd · Wainwright v. Witt

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

  1. “There was sufficient evidence for the jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant committed an act of aggravated child molestation. OCGA § 16-6-4(c) (offense occurs when a person”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “mutually supporting aggravating circumstances”
    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.