State v. McCarthy’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
3
states following
January 2001
most recently cited
2 district · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, Inc. v. Gill · State v. Roque · Caulkins v. Petrillo · State v. Hufford · State v. Snook
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Any person who possesses or has under his control any quantity of any narcotic substance, except as authorized in this chapter, for a first« offense, may be imprisoned not more than seven years or be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or be both fined and imprisoned; and for a second offense, may be imprisoned not more than fifteen years or be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars, or be both fined and imprisoned; and for any subsequent offense, may be imprisoned not more than twenty-five years or be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or be both fined and imprisoned.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.