Tolbert v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Holcomb v. State · Zamora v. State · Parks v. State · 283 Ga. App. 1 - Goldstein v. State · Campbell 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he statute says ... when any person under the age of 16 is testifying of any sexual offense, the [c]ourt shall clear the courtroom of all persons except parties to the case, their immediate family members or guardians, attorney, their secretaries, officers of the court, victim assistant coordinator's, advocates, and other such victim assistant personnel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The partial closure of the courtroom permitted under this Code section does not violate a defendant's constitutional right to a public trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.