276 Ga. App. 205 - Mathis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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

1. “[i]t is error for any judge in any criminal case, during its progress or in his charge to the jury, to express or intimate his opinion as to what has or has not been proved or as to the guilt of the accused.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 Ga. App. 176 - Walker v. State

2. “[W]e review the commentary to determine whether it amounted to an obvious violation ..., meaning that it seriously affected the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of these judicial proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 Ga. App. 176 - Walker v. State

3. “remarks of a judge assigning a reason for his ruling are neither an expression of opinion nor a comment on the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 Ga. App. 176 - Walker v. State