Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 2022
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Presley v. Georgia · 270 Ga. App. 522 - Reese v. State · Reid 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“under the rule of lenity, [defendant] cannot be given the higher sentence imposed for the offense of aggravated sexual battery by the version of OCGA § 16-6-22.2 (c) applicable after July 1, 2006[ ]”
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.