State v. Power’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Presberry · Glover v. State · State v. Vandevere · State v. Dixon · State v. Kimberley
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[R]outine access to the area where the substances are kept, the presence of large quantities of the substance at the arrest scene, admissions by the accused, being in close proximity to the substances or drug paraphernalia in plain view of the law enforcement officers, the mixing of defendant’s personal belongings with the drugs, or flight by a defendant upon realizing the presence of law enforcement officials.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Constructive possession occurs when a defendant has the power and intention at a given time to exercise dominion or control over the substance either directly or through another person or persons.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Shigemura“(1) conscious and intentional possession of the controlled substance ... and (2) awareness of the presence and nature of the substance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Shigemura
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.