920 So. 2d 871 - State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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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. “In the present case, defendant was stopped while driving a vehicle in which cocaine was found in plain view on the center console between the driver's seat and passenger's seat. As the driver, defendant necessarily had dominion and control over the vehicle he was driving. As the sole occupant, it is presumed he had dominion and control over the contents of the vehicle, including the cocaine which was within his reach while he was driving. See, State v. Walker, [ 03-188 (La.App. 5 Cir. 7/29/03) , 853 So.2d 61 , writ denied, 03-2343 (La.2/6/04), 865 So.2d 738 ] supra, and State v. Christopher, 561 So.2d 935, 939-940 (La.App. 2 Cir.1990), writ denied, 567 So.2d 1124 (La.1990).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Thompson