15 Va. App. 706 - Blake v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 4 Va. App. 438 - Martin v. Commonwealth · 10 Va. App. 87 - Josephs v. Commonwealth · Drew v. Commonwealth · Powers v. Commonwealth · Gillis v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“To support a conviction based upon constructive possession, “the Commonwealth 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 [contraband] and that it was subject to his dominion and control.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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