288 Ga. App. 89 - Merritt v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
July 2015
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Jackson v. Denno · Rhode Island v. Innis · Pennsylvania v. Muniz
Most-quoted passages
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“[A] conviction for driving or being in actual physical control of a moving vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants may be based on circumstantial evidence. The circumstantial evidence need not exclude every hypothesis save that of guilt, but only reasonable hypotheses, so as to justify a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. We have no yardstick to measure consistency or reasonableness, save the opinion of the [factfinder], whose function it is to determine [the] credibility of witnesses and questions of reasonableness.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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