Warner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[e]ven assuming arguendo that the dicta in Carter requiring further explanation of the need for the witness to remain in the courtroom was the appropriate standard, the trial court specifically asked the State for more information about why the detective's presence was needed, and the prosecutor explained that there were many witnesses and "hours and hours" of taped interviews, and that the detective was the one most familiar with such evidence and with the complexities of this particular case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 287 Ga. App. 569 - Morgan v. State

2. “[i]n Carter , the Court of Appeals questioned the trial court’s ready acceptance of the State’s conclusory assertion that the law enforcement officer at issue was needed in the courtroom, but ultimately it applied the principle that when the prosecutor indicates that a witness is needed in the courtroom for the orderly presentation of evidence, there is no abuse of the trial court’s discretion in permitting the witness to remain.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holloman v. State

3. “the fact that the witness admits that he or she made the inconsistent pre-trial statement does not render it inadmissible. [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. State