Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 2000
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Wiley v. State · 201 Ga. App. 421 - Shropshire v. State · 199 Ga. App. 566 - Williams v. State · Ross v. State
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that defendant alone or jointly with another had actual or constructive possession of [the contraband].... Constructive possession is shown where one knowingly has both the power and the intention at a given time to exercise authority or control over a thing. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.