120 So. 3d 309 - State v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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1. “The “mere presence of a defendant in the area of the contraband or other evidence seized alone does not prove that he exercised dominion and control over the evidence and therefore had it in his constructive possession.” The State must prove that the defendant was aware that a firearm was in his presence and that the defendant had the general intent to possess the weapon. Guilty knowledge may be inferred from the circumstances and proved by direct or circumstantial evidence. Whether the proof is sufficient to establish possession turns on the facts of each case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 203 So. 3d 351 - State v. Young

2. “[M]ere presence of a defendant in the area of the contraband or other evidence seized alone does not prove that he exercised dominion and control over the evidence and therefore had it in his constructive possession. Id. , 2003-1228, p. 6, 870 So.2d at 999 . Thus, the State must prove that the offender”

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

3. “sticking out between the mattress and box spring in [the defendant's] bedroom;”

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