Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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41 state decisions

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

1. “To prove distribution of crack cocaine under [S.C.Code Ann. § 44-53-445 (Supp.1992) ], the State must establish the following elements: (1) the defendant had actual control, or the right to exercise control over the crack cocaine; (2) he knowingly distributed or delivered the crack cocaine; (3) the substance upon analysis was, in fact, crack cocaine; and (4) the distribution occurred within a one-half mile radius of the grounds of an elementary, middle, secondary or vocational school; public playground or park; or college or university. See id.; State v. Watts, 321 S.C. 158, 168 , 467 S.E.2d 272, 278 (Ct.App.1996).”

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

2. “The true test of the sufficiency of an indictment is not whether it could be made more definite and certain, but whether it contains the necessary elements of the offense intended to be charged and sufficiently apprises the defendant of what he must be prepared to meet.”

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

3. “Thus, the maxim of expressio unius est exclusio alterius ... applies to exclude day care centers from falling within the statute since day care centers are not expressly included.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hinton v. South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole & Pardon Services