283 Ga. App. 863 - Velazquez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2017
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 280 Ga. App. 341 - Johnson v. State · State v. Ingram
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] person convicted of the offense of rape shall be punished by death, by imprisonment for life without parole, by imprisonment for life, or by a split sentence that is a term of imprisonment for not less than 25 years and not exceeding life imprisonment, followed by probation for life. Any person convicted under this Code section shall, in addition, be subject to the sentencing and punishment provisions of Code Sections 17-10-6.1 and 17-10-7.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Velazquez“a person who is convicted of an offense . . . for which the death penalty may be imposed under the laws of this state may be sentenced to . . . imprisonment for life without parole . . . as provided in”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Velazquez“only in cases in which the State first sought the death penalty, and we are bound to follow that precedent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Velazquez
How this case has been treated — in progress
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