279 Ga. App. 275 - Postell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To show a chain of custody adequate to preserve the identity of fungible evidence, the State must prove with reasonable certainty that the evidence is the same as that seized and that there has been no tampering or substitution. The State is not required to foreclose every possibility of tampering; it need only show reasonable assurance of the identity of the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 285 Ga. App. 599 - Stringer v. State · Wise v. State

2. “engaged his siren and emergency equipment, drew his firearm,. . . made any other show of force[,] . . . threatened, coerced, or physically restrained [individual]. . . during officer's approach and ensuing conversation”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 Ga. App. 386 - Jupiter v. State

3. “[t]he fact that one of the persons in control of a fungible substance does not testify at trial does not, without more, make the substance or testimony relating to it inadmissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 289 Ga. App. 792 - Gassett v. State