873 So. 2d 491 - Hill v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
April 2010
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 559 So. 2d 187 - State v. Law · Brown v. State · 705 So. 2d 90 - Dupree v. State · Standard Jury Instructions · State v. Williams
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f contraband is found in a place that is in joint, rather than exclusive, possession of a defendant, the defendant's knowledge of the contraband's presence and the ability to control it cannot be inferred from the defendant's proximity to the contraband, but must be established by independent proof,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Corker v. State“Proof of constructive possession is established when a defendant does not have physical possession of contraband but (1) knows it is within his presence, (2) has the ability to maintain control over it, and (3) knows of the illicit nature of the contraband.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Corker v. State
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.