275 Ga. App. 334 - Lawson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
September 2014
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Edwards v. Arizona · Miller v. State · Lajara v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Th[e] offense [of simple assault] is complete if the assailant has made such a demonstration of violence, coupled with an apparent ability to inflict injury so as to cause the person against whom it is directed reasonably to fear the injury unless he retreats to secure his safety.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Dm
How this case has been treated — in progress
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