Thompson v. the State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “(A) made at or near the time of the described acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses; (B) made by, or from information transmitted by, a person with personal knowledge and a business duty to report; (C) kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity; and (D) it was the regular practice of that business activity to make the memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, all as shown by the testimony of the custodian or other qualified witness or by certification that complies with paragraph (11) or (12) of Code Section 24-9-902 or by any other statute permitting certification.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. JONES v. the STATE.

2. “[a] person commits the offense of simple assault when he or she either: (1) [a]ttempts to commit a violent injury to the person of another; or (2) [c]ommits an act which places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 343 Ga. App. 201 - SALAZAR-BALDERAS v. the STATE.

3. “the focus of a reasonable apprehension of harm is on the apprehension of the victim, and it is for the factfinder to determine whether the victim's apprehension was reasonable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 343 Ga. App. 201 - SALAZAR-BALDERAS v. the STATE.