Dougherty v. the State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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.

1. “On appeal from a bench trial resulting in a criminal conviction, we view all evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. We do not re-weigh testimony, determine witness credibility, or address assertions of conflicting evidence; our role is to determine whether the evidence presented is sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wimberly v. State

2. “It is well-established that "a seizure does not occur simply because a police officer approaches an individual and asks a few questions." Rather, an encounter escalates from a first-tier consensual interaction to a second-tier investigatory detention only when the individual is "seized" by the officer, i.e., only when the officer, by means of physical force or show of authority, has in some way restrained the liberty of the individual.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 348 Ga. App. 662 - The State v. Preston.

3. “We conduct a de novo review of factual findings when the controlling facts are clearly and completely discernible from a video recording. But [when] ... some of the controlling facts are not fully captured in the recording, we defer to the trial court's findings regarding those facts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. The State v. Dykes.