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← 133 NM 540 - State v. Barber

State v. Barber’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 2004
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · State v. Rojo · State v. Apodaca · State v. Woodward · Lytle v. Jordan

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

  1. “For you to find the defendant guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute, the State must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime: 1. The defendant had Methamphetamine in his possession; 2. The defendant knew it was Methamphetamine; 3. The defendant intended to transfer it to another; 4. This happened in New Mexico on or about the 4th day of January, 2001.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[a] person's presence in the vicinity of the substance or his knowledge of the existence or the location of the substance, is not, by itself, possession.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “person is in possession [of methamphetamine] when he knows it is on his person or in his presence, and he exercises control over it.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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