839 So. 2d 489 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
47
cited by 47 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
47 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · McClain v. State · 503 So. 2d 803 - Wetz v. State · 454 So. 2d 468 - Stringer v. State · 691 So. 2d 948 - Herring 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he concept of “possession” is a question which is not susceptible of a specific rule. However, there must be sufficient facts to warrant a finding that [the] defendant was aware of the presence and character of the particular substance and was intentionally and consciously in possession of it. It need not be actual physical possession. Constructive possession may be shown by establishing that the drug involved was subject to his dominion or control.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Hudson v. State · Gray v. State“favorable inferences that may be reasonably drawn from the evidence”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he law states that actual possession is not needed, that constructive possession will do.”
3 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.