Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Crawford v. Washington · Vega v. State · Ledford v. State · Jones v. State
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]estimony given by an "inaccessible" witness under oath in a former proceeding on substantially the same issue and between the same parties [was] admissible under [former] OCGA § 24-3-10. [Cit.] "The inaccessibility of a witness under [former] OCGA § 24-3-10 depend[ed] upon a showing by the party seeking to use the witness' former testimony that he ha[d] used due diligence in trying to locate and bring to court the absent witness." [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. De La Cruz v. State““ ‘To qualify as an expert...[,] generally all that is required is that a person must have been educated in a particular skill or profession; his special knowledge may be derived from experience as well as study. Formal education in the subject at hand is not a prerequisite for expert status.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Billings v. State“Whether a witness is inaccessible within the meaning of [former] § 24-3-10 is a decision left to the discretion of the trial court, which will not be reversed absent manifest abuse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. De La Cruz v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.