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278 Ga. App. 315 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2006

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
October 2015
most recently cited

12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 234 Ga. App. 556 - McKay v. State · Mitchell v. State · 222 Ga. App. 736 - Gentile v. Bower · 258 Ga. App. 806 - Jackson v. State · Young 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “we expect all counsel practicing in this Court to know and to follow its rules[, w]e thus require by separate order that [Washington's] counsel show cause why he should not be cited for contempt for failure to comply with this Court's rules.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Mere proximity to contraband is not enough to prove constructive possession.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. In Re Qm

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.