295 Ga. App. 831 - Lucas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Jackson v. Denno · Odett v. State · 223 Ga. App. 772 - Strickland v. State · Head 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is the function of this court to examine the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“As long as there is some competent evidence, even though contradicted, to support each necessary element of the state's case, this Court will uphold the jury's verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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