274 Ga. App. 511 - Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
July 2014
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Denno · Myers v. State · 227 Ga. App. 496 - Ney v. State · Hammond v. State · 273 Ga. App. 143 - Duvall 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Georgia law favors the admission of any relevant evidence, no matter how slight its probative value, and even evidence of questionable or doubtful relevancy or competency should be admitted and its weight left to the [factfinder].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Mvh“Any evidence is relevant which logically tends to prove or disprove any material fact which is at issue in the case, and every act or circumstance serving to elucidate or throw light upon a material issue or issues is relevant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Mvh“Admissibility of evidence is a matter which rests largely within the discretion of the trial court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Mvh
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.