State v. Downey’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 2002
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Freeman v. State · Ross v. State · Weaver v. State · Devore v. State · Weida 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.
“a misdemeanor charge under the marijuana possession statute, once elevated to a Class D felony due to a prior marijuana possession conviction, should not be enhanced again under the general habitual substance offender statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Downey“a Class A misdemeanor or a felony in which the possession ... of .. drugs is a material element of the crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Downey
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.