Greer v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• former narcotic act does not authorize conviction for possessing small piece of wet cotton containing trace of heroin
• former narcotic act does not authorize conviction for possessing small piece of wet cotton containing trace of heroin
• acquittal; trace of narcotic on cotton used to wipe of needle after injection
• acquittal; trace of narcotic on cotton used to wipe of needle after injection
• trace amount of heroin on cotton in bottlecap
• bottle cap and wet cotton

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• King v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-29· cited 564×
• Joseph v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-04-19· cited 214×
• Hyett v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-10-18· cited 161×
• Benoit v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-05-25· cited 123×
• Pelham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1957-02-06· cited 94×
• State v. Moreno
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1962-09-26· cited 88×
• Edelin v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1967-03-20· cited 74×
• Shults v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-03· cited 54×
• Tomlin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1960-03-23· cited 49×
• Harbison v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1990-05-21· cited 37×
• Thomas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1991-03-21· cited 37×
• Manuel v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1990-04-04· cited 24×
• People v. Harrington
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1971-05-19· cited 23×
• People v. Harrington
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1976-01-27· cited 22×
• State v. Segovia
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1970-05-01· cited 22×
• Garner v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1993-02-04· cited 21×
• Chavez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-07· cited 19×
• Mendoza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-07-07· cited 17×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2004-05-27· cited 17×
• United States v. One Gates Learjet
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-12-19· cited 16×