Wetzel v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On appeal from the grant of summary judgment this Court conducts a de novo review of the evidence to determine whether there is a genuine issue of material fact and whether the undisputed facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, warrant judgment as a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, Inc. v. Ichthus Community Trust

2. “[a] person commits the offense of computer pornography when he intentionally utilizes an electronic device to seduce, solicit, or entice a child or an individual believed by such person to be a child to engage in any conduct that by its nature is an unlawful sexual offense against a child”

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

3. “Determining the sense in which the legislature used 'including' in a particular statute depends on the exact language, context, and subject matter of the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 351 Ga. App. 29 - UHS OF ANCHOR, L.P. v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH Et Al.