197 Ga. App. 789 - Llaguno v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 2003
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lockwood v. State · 166 Ga. App. 456 - Shirley v. State · 190 Ga. App. 884 - Cochran v. State · 184 Ga. App. 173 - Oldwine v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“A person who knowingly has direct physical control over a thing at a given time is in actual possession of it. A person who, though not in actual possession, knowingly has both the power and intention at a given time to exercise dominion or control over a thing is then in constructive possession of it. [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A finding of constructive possession must be based upon some connection between the defendant and the contraband other than spatial proximity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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