Foster v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
May 2013
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Goldrush II v. City of Marietta · State v. Johnson · Thelen v. State · Levendis v. Cobb County · Pel Asso, Inc. v. Joseph
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Criminal statutes are construed strictly against the State, they must be read according to the natural and obvious import of their language, and their operation should not be limited or extended by application of subtle and forced interpretations. [Cit.]”
2 later decisions 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.