293 Ga. App. 455 - Terry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and to leave questions of credibility and the resolution of conflicts in the evidence to the jury, we conclude that the evidence in this case was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find [Patterson] guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes for which he was convicted.”

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

2. “does any immoral or indecent act to or in the presence of or with any child under the age of 16 years with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the person. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 Ga. App. 229 - Judice v. State

3. “[o]n appeal, the standard of review for denial of a motion for directed verdict is the same as that for determining the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 Ga. App. 229 - Judice v. State