Frix v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a statute that defined “electronic storage device” as “including floppy disks and other magnetic storage devices” or “CD-ROM” did not include text messages sent via cell phone
• holding that a statute that defined “electronic storage device” as “including floppy disks and other magnetic storage devices” or “CD-ROM” did not include text messages sent via cell phone
• deciding “that by listing specific examples, which are of the same class and kind,” the General Assembly intended to limit the definition to that class and concluding that because a cell phone was not similar to the listed examples, it was not encompassed by the statute
• “When a criminal statute fairly and reasonably is subject to two constructions, one which would render an act criminal, the other which would not, the statute must be construed strictly against the State and in favor of the accused.”
• “When a criminal statute fairly and reasonably is subject to two constructions, one which would render an act criminal, the other which would not, the statute must be construed strictly against the State and in favor of the accused.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wetzel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-02· cited 23×
• State v. Hammonds
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-24· cited 16×
• Montgomery County v. Hamilton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-21· cited 15×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-09-21· cited 8×
• Georgia Lottery Corporation v. Tabletop Media LLC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-21· cited 8×
• The State v. Rich.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-01-24· cited 6×
• Cosmo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-14· cited 6×
• Hart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-14· cited 5×
• In the Interest of B. C., a Child
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-09-21· cited 1×
• Lindsay v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-22· cited 1×
• Edgecomb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-20· cited 1×
• Jeremy Michael Wetzel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-19
• Benjamin Edgecomb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-20
• Travis Hart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-14
• Dennis Cosmo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-14
• State v. Kristen Ann Hammonds
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-24
• Montgomery County, Georgia v. S. Keith Hamilton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-21

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Garza v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 192×
• Vines v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-18· cited 63×
• Berryhill v. Georgia Community Support & Solutions, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-28· cited 49×
• State v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-07-03· cited 13×
• Sharma v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-24· cited 10×