Eller v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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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.

1. “In criminal proceedings, expert witnesses 'testifying with respect to the mental state or condition of an accused' cannot 'state an opinion or inference as to whether the accused did or did not have the mental state or condition constituting an element of the crime charged or of a defense thereto' because '[s]uch ultimate issues are matters for the trier of fact alone.' OCGA § 24-7-704.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 346 Ga. App. 219 - PERCELL v. the STATE.

2. “[w]hether the accused committed an intentional act to harm the victim is a different question than whether someone likely committed an intentional act to harm the victim.”

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

3. “If an appellant fails to meet his or her burden of proving either prong of the Strickland test, the reviewing court does not have to examine the other prong.”

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