State v. Odle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 state decisions

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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Considering the evidence, particularly the fact that Shaw was acting abnormally, gave information to the police that was inconsistent with that given by Odle, was surrounded by a gasoline smell as well as an air freshener smell while in the vehicle, along with the fact that rags containing gasoline were found in the cargo area of the vehicle and his explanation for them was lacking, the fact that the gas tank had recently been tampered with, was geared to always read full, and there were several cans of cocaine hidden in the gas tank, we find that sufficient evidence was presented to the jury for it to find that Shaw constructively possessed the cocaine.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 940 So. 2d 819 - State v. Strange · 861 So. 2d 851 - State v. Cash

2. “Any person who, having a specific intent to commit a crime, does or omits an act for the purpose of and tending directly toward the accomplishing of his object is guilty of an attempt to commit the offense intended; and it shall be immaterial whether, under the circumstances, he would have actually accomplished his purpose.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 940 So. 2d 819 - State v. Strange

3. “his knowledge that illegal drugs are in the area, his relationship with the person found to be in possession, his access to the area where the drugs are found, and his physical proximity to the drugs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 940 So. 2d 819 - State v. Strange