Stephens v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This case presents the exact problem forecast nearly a decade ago by our brother jurist when he opined that the guidelines distinguishing actual delivery of narcotics from constructive delivery of narcotics had become so muddled that prosecuting attorneys who are preparing an indictment would be left with no discernible guidelines to follow.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MIHNOVICH v. State

2. “the transfer of a controlled substance either belonging to an individual or under his control by some other person or agency at the instance or direction of the individual accused of such constructive transfer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. MIHNOVICH v. State

3. “must have contemplated that there would in fact be a third party transferee.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. MIHNOVICH v. State