State v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “both the power and intent to control [the item's] disposition or use.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 606 - State v. Williams · 234 N.C. App. 268 - State v. McCoy

2. “"[A]n inference of constructive possession can ... arise from evidence which tends to show that a defendant was the custodian of the vehicle where the [contraband] was found. In fact, the courts in this State have held consistently that the driver of a borrowed car, like the owner of the car, has the power to control the contents of the car. Moreover, power to control the automobile where [contraband] was found is sufficient, in and of itself , to give rise to the inference of knowledge and possession sufficient to go to the jury."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 N.C. App. 370 - State v. Wirt

3. “'[p]ower to control' the vehicle is sufficient evidence from which it is reasonable to infer possession”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 N.C. App. 370 - State v. Wirt