State v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
December 1994
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Medlin · 231 So. 2d 26 - Jiminez v. State
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person * * * who is knowingly in actual or constructive possession of, 28 grams or more of cocaine as described in s. 893.03(2)(a)4. or of any mixture containing cocaine, but less than 150 kilograms of cocaine or any such mixture, commits a felony of the first degree, which felony shall be known as "trafficking in cocaine." * * * [e.s.]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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