102 Ill. App. 2d 171 - People v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

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13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is incumbent upon the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had either actual or constructive possession of the narcotics. [Citations.] The State clearly has not shown actual possession; and mere knowledge of the location of narcotics is not the equivalent of possession but merely a necessary element of criminal possession. [Citations.]” (People v. Robinson, 102 Ill.App.2d 171, 175 , 243 N.E.2d 594, 596 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 29 Ill. App. 3d 387 - People v. Howard