McGlothlin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently March 2006 · most notably Bigley v. State (1993), Engelking v. State (1988)
2 federal appellate · 41 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Knight v. International Harvester Credit Corp. · Ex Parte Harrell · McGlothlin v. State · Engelking v. State · Harris County v. Suburban Utility Co.
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the identity of the named illegal substance, (2) that the added remainder (adulterants and/or dilutants) has not affected the chemical activity of the named illegal substance, (3) that the remainder (adulterants and/or dilutants) was added to the named illegal substance with the intent to increase the bulk or quantity of the final product, (4) the weight of the illegal substance including any adulterants and/or dilutants.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Cawthon v. State · Short v. State“[A]re compounds, substances or solutions added to the controlled substance with the intent to increase the bulk of the product. Or, increase the quantity of the final product ‘without affecting its activity. ’”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(15) `Drug paraphernalia' means ... a product, or a material of any kind that is used or intended for use in ... compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing ... a controlled substance [including] but is not limited to: * * * * (F) a diluent or adulterant, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose, or lactose, used or intended for use in cutting a controlled substance[.]”
2 later decisions 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.