Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the number of defendants will confuse the jury as to the evidence and the law applicable to each defendant; (2) whether, despite cautionary instructions from the court, there is a danger that evidence admissible against one defendant will be improperly considered against another defendant; and (3) whether the defenses of the defendants are antagonistic to each other or to each other’s rights of due process.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 267 Ga. App. 801 - Wallace v. State · Ballard v. State v. State

2. “It is incumbent upon the defendant who seeks a severance to show clearly that he will be prejudiced by a joint trial, and in the absence of such a showing, the trial court's denial of a severance motion will not be disturbed.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. CUYLER v. the STATE. · 350 Ga. App. 816 - Elkins v. State

3. “unless there is a showing of resulting prejudice, antagonistic defenses do not automatically require a severance. [Cits.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moon v. State