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793 So. 2d 83 - Downard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
August 2007
most recently cited

9 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 761 So. 2d 1154 - Davis v. State · Jackson v. Allstate Insurance Co. · 730 So. 2d 757 - Isaac v. State · Cruz v. State · E.A.M. 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knew of the presence of the illegal items, was able to exercise dominion and control over them, and knew of their illicit nature.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[I]n the case of a jointly-occupied vehicle, knowledge and ability to control the contraband may not be inferred, but must be established by independent proof.”
    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.