294 Ga. App. 805 - Stillwell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]n Georgia, the credibility of a witness is to be determined by the jury, and the credibility of a victim may not be bolstered by the testimony of another witness. Thus, a witness may not give an opinion as to whether the victim is telling the truth.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 309 Ga. App. 398 - Westbrooks v. State · Towry v. State

2. “[P]roof of prior difficulties between the defendant and victim — including prior acts of molestation — is admissible without notice or a hearing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 307 Ga. App. 861 - Rayner v. State

3. “did not see any evidence that [the child victim] had been coached”

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