State v. Banks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Circumstantial evidence is proof of certain facts and circumstances in a given case, from which the jury may infer other, connected facts, which usually and reasonably follow according to the common experience of mankind.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. King · State v. York

2. “having control over a thing or substance, but may not be inferred solely from mere access to the thing or substance through ownership or occupation of the premises upon which the thing or substance is found.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. King · State v. York

3. “Actual possession means appellant had the items within his immediate, physical control.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. King · State v. York