State v. Oliver’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
April 1993
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Bowsher v. Merck & Co. · 425 So. 2d 1222 - State v. Trahan · 439 So. 2d 1099 - State v. Korman · State v. Smith
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"A person may be in constructive possession of a drug even though it is not in his physical custody, if it is subject to his dominion and control. Also, a person may be deemed to be in joint possession of a drug which is in the physical custody of a companion, if he willfully and knowingly shares with the other the right to control of it."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ashlock
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.