State v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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. “brought heroin home to his friends and ... was about to pass several packets on to them when his plans were interrupted by a police battering ram.... Long had already begun to serve, and was intending to continue to serve, `as a link in the chain of distribution.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Greene · 885 So. 2d 508 - State v. Smith

2. “[Wjhere two individuals simultaneously and jointly acquire possession of a drug for their own use, intending only to share it together, their only crime is personal drug abuse[,] simple joint possession, without any intent to distribute the drug further. Since both acquire possession from the outset and neither intends to distribute the drug to a third person, neither serves as a link in the chain of distribution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Greene

3. “[O]ne who shares drugs with others has transferred the drugs within the meaning of statutes prohibiting the distribution, furnishing or delivery of controlled substances. A transfer occurs when the drugs are shared even though joint funds were used to purchase the drugs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 885 So. 2d 508 - State v. Smith