State v. Hammonds’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Luangkhot v. State · Hedden v. State · 298 Ga. App. 538 - Frix v. State · 295 Ga. App. 562 - Whitehead v. State · 221 Ga. App. 114 - Belvin 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person who has supervisory or disciplinary authority over another individual commits sexual assault when that person: (1) Is a teacher, principal, assistant principal, or other administrator of any school and engages in sexual contact with such other individual who the actor knew or should have known is enrolled at the same school....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“look diligently for the intention of the General Assembly. In so doing, the ordinary signification shall be applied to all words. Where the language of a statute is plain and susceptible to only one natural and reasonable construction, courts must construe the statute accordingly.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he interpretation of a statute is a question of law, which is reviewed de novo on appeal. Because the trial court's ruling on a legal question is not due any deference, we apply the 'plain legal error' standard of review.”
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.