Dixon v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the smell of marijuana and sight of smoke emanating from an automobile constitutes probable cause to believe all occupants had actual or constructive possession of marijuana
• holding that smell of marijuana and sight of smoke emanating from an automobile constitutes probable cause to believe all occupants had actual or constructive possession of marijuana
• elements of crime of possession are the suspect's knowledge and his ability to maintain control over the substance
• odor of burning marijuana and sight of smoke emanating from an automobile constituted probable cause to arrest the driver and the two occupants of the vehicle
• search incident to a lawful arrest can precede the arrest so long as the officer has knowledge of sufficient facts to constitute probable cause to arrest a defendant prior to the search

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

67 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wale v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-04-29· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Skea
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-10-26· cited 61×
• State v. Copeland
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-09-01· cited 54×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-03-17· cited 41×
• Daudt v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-01-31· cited 38×
• Carr v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-01-13· cited 34×
• Rogers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-08-14· cited 33×
• Ulesky v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-21· cited 31×
• State v. Oxx
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-07-21· cited 28×
• State v. Hammond
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1979-11-07· cited 26×
• Adams v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-01-05· cited 23×
• Miranda v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-01-17· cited 22×
• MacHado v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-10-31· cited 18×
• State v. Wells
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-12-03· cited 17×
• Harris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-12-16· cited 17×
• State v. Ellison
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-09-26· cited 16×
• Blake v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-05-26· cited 16×
• Polk v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-11-03· cited 15×
• State v. Byham
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-03-11· cited 14×
• State v. Perera
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-03-03· cited 13×

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Chimel v. California
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 6,512×
• Johnson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1948-02-02· cited 3,856×
• Johnson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1948-02-09· cited 290×
• People v. Simon
  California Supreme Court· 1955-11-29· cited 288×
• United States v. Richard Albert Jenkins
  Second Circuit· 1974-04-05· cited 168×
• Benefield v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1964-02-12· cited 160×
• United States v. Robert William Gorman and Edward Terrence Roche
  Second Circuit· 1965-12-07· cited 117×
• Spataro v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-11-02· cited 117×
• Thomas Busby and James Iman v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1961-11-27· cited 110×
• United States v. Fairh Riggs
  Second Circuit· 1973-02-15· cited 79×
• Collins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1953-03-31· cited 67×
• Melton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-10-26· cited 62×
• Frances Lenore Holt v. Marcia Simpson, Superintendent of Wisconsin Home for Women, and the State of Wisconsin
  Seventh Circuit· 1965-01-21· cited 42×
• Arant v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-01-18· cited 42×
• Kraemer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1952-08-26· cited 39×
• Casso v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-01-28· cited 31×
• State v. Compton
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1975-07-09· cited 30×
• Carter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-03-17· cited 26×
• State v. LeBlanc
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1975-11-20· cited 25×
• Falcon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1969-07-09· cited 24×