Spriggs v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently March 2026
4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. State · State v. Moreno · 118 Cal. App. 2d 336 - People v. Barnett · State v. Dodd · Peachie 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘A modicum means a little or small quantity and this is to be understood in relationship to the nature of the drug. The amount need not be a usable amount and it was said the quantity of the drug possessed is not material. Peachie v. State, [ 203 Md. 239 , 100 A.2d 1 ], supra. This view is taken because the statute does not prescribe any minimum amount which must exist. Narcotics are contraband and dangerous causing untold harm to users and to the public by illegal use. A more liberal interpretation favorable to drug addicts and those illegally dealing in narcotics cannot reasonably be given.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cox v. State““We are of the opinion that the better rule was stated by the Wisconsin Court in State v. Dodd, 28 Wis.2d 643 , 137 N.W.2d 465 wherein the Court stated: ‘The majority rule seems to be that possession of a modicum of an illegal drug is sufficient to bring the defendant within the purview of the statute.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cox v. State
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.