Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
75 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Jackson v. State (1971), Smith v. State (1971)
75 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Brinegar v. United States · Johnson v. United States · Henry v. United States · United States v. Di Re · State Ex Rel. Edie v. Shain
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he plain meaning of 'control' is 'the power or authority to manage, superintend, restrict, regulate, direct, govern, administer, or oversee,' as well as the power to restrain, check, or regulate.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The terms control and possession are not precisely synonymous although they do have common elements in their meanings. Webster's International Dictionary gives the legal definition of possession as 'one who has physical control of the thing and holds it for himself. All the definitions contained in recognized law dictionaries indicate that the element of custody and control is involved in the term possession. State v. Virdure, (Mo.1963), 371 S.W.2d 196 . Possession of a thing means having it under one's control or under one's dominion. United States v. Malfi, (3 Cir.1959), 264 F.2d 147 . A person who is in possession of a chattel is one who has physical control with the intent to exercise such control on his own behalf. New England Box Co. v. C & R Const. Co., (1943), 313 Mass. 696 , 49 N.E.2d 121 , 150 A.L.E. 152. Possession involves a present or, in case of constructive possession, a past ability to control the thing possessed plus an intent to exclude others from such control. State ex rel. Edie v. Shain, (1941), 348 Mo. 119 , 152 S.W.2d 174 . For additional definitions of the word possession see, 72 C.J.S., p. 233; also see "Possession" (control, care or custody), 33 Words and Phrases, p. 80; and "Custody" (charge, control or possession) 10A Words and Phrases, p. 500."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““(10) ‘Obtains or exerts control over property’ includes but is not limited to the taking, carrying, driving or leading away, concealment, or the sale, conveyance, encumbrance, transfer of title to or interest in, or possession of property, or the securing or extending a right to retain that to which another is entitled.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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