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← 50 SO3D 1223 - Sinclair v. State

Sinclair v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
August 2016
most recently cited

9 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Spence v. Educational Credit Management Corp. · 992 So. 2d 96 - Hudson v. State · 698 So. 2d 629 - Bozeman v. State · 29 So. 3d 1086 - Ventura v. State · 547 So. 2d 111 - Castro 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “permits admission of inadmissible evidence for the purpose of qualifying, explaining or limiting testimony previously admitted. See Hudson v. State, 992 So.2d 96, 110 (Fla.2008), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 1360 , 173 L.Ed.2d 621 (2009). This concept is based on considerations of fairness where”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “Constructive possession exists where a defendant does not have actual physical possession of contraband but knows of its presence on or about his premises and has the ability to exercise dominion and control over it. Mere proximity to contraband, standing alone, is insufficient to establish constructive possession of the substance. The state must present independent proof of the defendant’s knowledge and ability to control 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.