154 N.C. App. 302 - State v. Boyd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Evidence of constructive possession is sufficient to support a conviction if it would allow a reasonable mind to conclude that defendant had the intent and capability to exercise control and dominion over the controlled substance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 545 - State v. Hege

2. “`[O]nly a person in the actual or constructive possession of [contraband], absent conspiracy or aiding and abetting, could be guilty of the unlawful transportation thereof.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 611 - State v. Vaughan

3. “A person has constructive possession of an item when the item is not in his physical custody, but nonetheless [he] has the power and intent to control its disposition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 546 - State v. Mincey