State v. Giddings’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Within the meaning of the law, a person is in possession of a narcotic drug, marijuana, when it is under his dominion and control, and, to his knowledge either is carried on his person or is in his presence and custody, or, if not on his person or in his presense, the possession thereof is immediate, accessible, and exclusive to him. “In order for the Defendant to have in his possession a narcotic drug, marijuana, within the meaning of the statute, you must be convinced by the evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt that he knowingly had such narcotic drug, marijuana, in his possession, with knowledge of the narcotic nature thereof at the time of such possession. “In determining whether or not a Defendant, knowingly had a narcotic drug, marijuana, in his possession, with knowledge of the narcotic nature thereof at the time of such possession you may consider all the facts in evidence and every reasonable inference that may be drawn from such facts.””

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

2. “After a thorough consideration of the authorities reviewed, we are of the opinion and hold that, in a prosecution for possession of narcotics, it is incumbent upon the state to prove that the defendant had physical or constructive possession of the object or thing possessed, coupled with knowledge of the presence and narcotic character of the object possessed.”

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