Barrera v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “exists wholly independent of whether one chooses to be in a jail.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Farnsworth v. State · State v. Hinostroza

2. “§ 6-5-213. Taking contraband into penal institutions or correctional facilities; definitions; penalties. (a) Except as authorized by a person in charge, no person shall: (i) Intentionally convey or attempt to convey contraband to a person confined in a penal institution or correctional facility; or (ii) Intentionally make, obtain or possess contraband if the person is officially confined-in a penal institution or correctional facility. (b) Aiy person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both. (c)As used in this section: (i) “Contraband” means: (A) Cellular telephone or other unauthorized electronic communications device; (B) Cigarette or other tobacco product; (C) Money; (D) Any tool or other item that may be used to facilitate escape from the custody of the penal institution or correctional facility; or (E) Any other item that the person confined in the official custody of a penal institution or correctional facility is prohibited by law from making, obtaining or possessing. (ii) “Penal institution or correctional facility” means a jail, a state penal institution or a correctional facility operated by a private entity pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102.”

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

3. “[T]the fact that [the defendant's] entry into the jail was not of his volition does not make his conveyance of drugs into the detention facility an involuntary act. He was made to go into the detention facility, but he did not have to take the drugs with him.”

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