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← 675 SO2D 77 - George v. State

George v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1995

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 2001
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 435 So. 2d 1365 - Ex Parte Story · 534 So. 2d 1126 - Perry v. State · 523 So. 2d 508 - Borden v. State · 553 So. 2d 685 - Finch v. State · 615 So. 2d 126 - Moody 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “"`Possession of a controlled substance may be actual, i.e., on the person, or constructive, i.e., not "on the person." Borden v. State, 523 So.2d 508 (Ala.Cr.App.1987). Constructive possession arises in situations where the drugs are found on premises "owned or occupied" by the defendant. Borden . ' Moody v. State, 615 So.2d 126, 127 (Ala.Cr.App.1992). In order to prove constructive possession, the state must show that 1) the appellant owned or controlled the premises where the drugs were found, and 2) the appellant had knowledge of the drugs. Moody."”
    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.