291 Ga. App. 169 - Bell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because all the evidence showed that the obstruction offense occurred at the location of the stop and arrest, and there was no evidence that this location was in [Floyd] County, as charged, it follows that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that venue for this offense was properly laid in [Floyd] County. Accordingly, the conviction for . . . obstruction of a law enforcement officer must be reversed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 295 Ga. App. 596 - Frasier v. State

2. “jury was not authorized to find that, in the proper performance of their duties, the officers made the stop and arrest within the territorial jurisdiction of [the county]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of M. C., a Child