Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
104
cited by 104 later decisions
2
states following
July 2023
most recently cited
104 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Smith · Pope v. State · Dawkins v. State · Moye v. State · Taylor 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 104 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Possess' means to exercise actual or constructive dominion or control over a thing by one or more persons.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“must show directly or support a rational inference that the accused did in fact exercise some dominion or control over the [contraband].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.