State v. Pena’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
January 2004
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Berkemer v. McCarty · State v. McDonald · State v. Clark · State v. Ross
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he prosecutor could in good faith argue Pena possessed the cocaine because he was a drug courier or a dealer. The appellant was in control of 137.23 grams of cocaine, contained in five separate packages with a street value of $150 per gram, or $20,584.50 total value. He left Dodge City, Kansas on March 1, arrived in Chicago, Illinois on March 2, and was arrested on March 3 on his way back to Kansas. It was reasonable for the prosecutor to infer from the large amount of cocaine, its packaging, and the short duration of the trip that Pena was a dealer or courier.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bailey
How this case has been treated — in progress
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