215 Mich. App. 30 - People v. Binder’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “One might argue that it is impossible for a party to manufacture, deliver or intend to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance without at least constructive possession of it. However, in our estimation, such an analysis unnecessarily adds the element of constructive possession to the crime. Requiring proof of constructive possession inappropriately creates a doorway through which drug traffickers, particularly those high in the distribution chain, can escape. [ People v. Binder (On Remand) , 215 Mich. App. 30 , 35-36, 544 N.W.2d 714 (1996), vacated in part on other grounds 453 Mich. 915 , 554 N.W.2d 906 (1996).]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 321 Mich. App. 228 - People of Michigan v. Richard Allen Baham · 321 Mich. App. 1 - People of Michigan v. Vicki Renee Dickinson