216 Ga. App. 842 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
May 2006
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Williams v. State · Smith v. Francis · Smith v. Francis, Warden
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“The equal access rule, entitling a defendant to acquittal where evidence is presented that others had equal access to a vehicle or that the vehicle had recently been used by others, applies only where the sole evidence of possession of contraband found in the vehicle is the defendant's ownership or possession of the vehicle. It is simply a defense available to the accused to whom a presumption of possession flows. Because ... the State did not show the indicia giving rise to the presumption, that is, ownership or exclusive control of the vehicle, no presumption arose and therefore there was no triggering of the equal access defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Washington v. State
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