68 Cal. App. 4th 1313 - People v. EMMAL’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. Daniels · 53 Cal. 3d 753 - Mercer v. Department of Motor Vehicles · 5 Cal. 3d 129 - People v. Rogers · 38 Cal. App. 4th 1741 - People v. Meza · People v. Eastman
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`by carrying or conveying a usable quantity of a controlled substance with knowledge of its presence and illegal character.' [Citation.] ... [Citation.] `The crux of the crime of transporting is movement of the contraband from one place to another.' [Citation.] The term `transports' as used in the statute is `commonly understood and of a plain, nontechnical meaning.' [Citation.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he statute prohibits transportationany transportationbecause the Legislature deems it important to discourage the distribution and use of dangerous drugs and the risks that attend use of them during their movement from one place to another.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to satisfy the element of `transportation' . . ., the evidence need only show that the vehicle was moved while under the defendant's control”
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.