289 Ga. App. 230 - Grant v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The standard of review for the denial of a motion for directed verdict of acquittal is the same as that for reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction. Under that standard, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 293 Ga. App. 224 - Brown v. State · 293 Ga. App. 329 - Navarro v. State

2. “A pattern justifying the joinder of offenses for trial exists where several similar offenses are closely connected by geography, time, and manner so as to constitute a scheme or plan of criminal conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. SLOAN v. the STATE.