310 Ga. App. 659 - Howard v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
May 2013
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Kimmelman v. Morrison · Garza v. State · 307 Ga. App. 232 - Ferguson v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The driver was forced at gunpoint to drive more than six miles, a substantial distance. The movement from a Wal-Mart parking lot to a secluded dirt road isolated the driver and made it less likely that law enforcement officers or bystanders would discover his predicament and come to his aid. And the movement made it less likely that Howard would be seen by eyewitnesses, which gave him greater freedom to do as he wished with the driver. In short, the evidence is overwhelming that the movement in this case served to substantially isolate the victim from protection or rescue. . ..”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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