12 Va. App. 150 - Johnson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 2002
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · Drew v. Commonwealth · Powers v. Commonwealth · Colbert v. Commonwealth · Gordon v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“must point to evidence of acts, statements, or conduct of the accused or other facts or circumstances which tend to show that the defendant was aware of both the presence and character of the substance and that it was subject to his dominion and control.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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