Dixon v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently March 2010
10 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Burks v. United States · Greene v. Massey · Geesa v. State · Butler 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Whether the contraband was in plain view or recovered from an enclosed place; 2 2. The accused was the owner of the premises or had the right to possess the place where the contraband was found, or the owner or driver of the automobile in which the contraband was found; 3. The accused was found with a large amount of cash; 4. The contraband was conveniently accessible to the accused, or found on the same side of the vehicle as the accused was sitting; 5. The contraband was found in close proximity to the accused; 6. A strong residual odor of the contraband was present; 7. The accused possessed other contraband when arrested; 8. Paraphernalia to use the contraband was in view, or found on the accused; 9. The physical condition of the accused indicated recent consumption of the contraband in question; 10. Conduct by the accused indicated a consciousness of guilt; 3 11. The accused attempted to flee; 12. The accused made furtive gestures; 18. The accused had a special connection to the contraband; 14. The occupants of the premises gave conflicting statements about relevant matters; 15. The accused made incriminating statements connecting himself to the contraband; 16. The quantity of the contraband; and, 17. The accused was observed in a suspicious area under suspicious circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) the contraband was in plain view; (2) the accused was the owner of the premises in which the contraband was found; (3) the contraband was conveniently accessible to the accused; (4) the contraband was found in close proximity to the accused; (5) a strong residual odor of the contraband was present; (6) paraphernalia to use the contraband was in view or found near the accused; (7) the physical condition of the accused indicated recent consumption of the contraband in question; (8) conduct by the accused indicated a consciousness of guilt; (9) the accused had a special connection to the contraband; (10) the place where the contraband was found was enclosed; (11) the occupants of the premises gave conflicting statements about relevant matters; and (12) affirmative statements connect the accused to the contraband.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nixon 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.