Edenfield v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Given this ambiguity, if the trial court had seen fit to excuse the prospective juror for cause, that would have been a reasonable exercise of its discretion. But that does not mean that it was unreasonable for the trial court to do otherwise. The very notion of discretion implies that reasonable people sometimes will reasonably disagree about what is to be done, and in such a case, that call belongs to the one to whose discretion the question is committed by law. This is such a case, and the discretion here belongs to the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maldonado v. State

2. “A statement given by an accused to law enforcement is admissible against him only if the statement was voluntary, and in Georgia, that means that the statement must not have been induced by hope of benefit, among other things. See former OCGA § 24-3-50. As we have explained before, a hope of benefit arises from promises related to reduced criminal punishment •— a shorter sentence, lesser charges, or no charges at all.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miller v. State

3. “statements were given after [the defendant] was arrested, after counsel had been appointed, and in custodial interviews initiated by law enforcement and outside the presence of counsel”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 335 - GARZA v. the STATE.