299 Ga. App. 706 - Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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

1. “A defendant is a party to a crime “if he intentionally aids or abets the commission of the crime, or advises, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another to commit it.” (Footnote omitted.) Stinson v. State, 294 Ga. App. 184, 184-185 (1) ( 668 SE2d 840 ) (2008); OCGA § 16-2-20 (b). “Mere presence at the scene is not sufficient to convict one of being a party to a crime, but criminal intent may be inferred from conduct before, during, and after the commission of a crime.” (Punctuation and footnote omitted.) Buruca v. State, 278 Ga. App. 650, 652 (1) ( 629 SE2d 438 ) (2006). Further, “(w)here a getaway driver waited for his co-defendant() to return to the car, the driver was also guilty of his co-defendant(’s) crimes.” (Footnote omitted.) Jackson v. State, 274 Ga. App. 279, 281 ( 617 SE2d 249 ) (2005).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 307 Ga. App. 348 - Romero v. State

2. “we apply the plain legal error standard of review.”

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