252 Ga. App. 469 - Peterson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 232 Ga. App. 499 - Moody v. State · 248 Ga. App. 277 - State v. Sims · 244 Ga. App. 440 - Brown v. State · 213 Ga. App. 143 - Simpson v. State · 192 Ga. App. 695 - Travis v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[m]erely finding contraband on premises occupied by the defendant does not support a conviction if the evidence shows that persons other than the defendant had equal opportunity to commit the crime. Likewise, mere spatial proximity between the defendant and the contraband will not support a finding of constructive possession.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A search to prevent the concealment or disposal of items sought in the warrant is justified if there is a nexus between the person searched and the probable criminal activity that gave rise to the warrant which logically leads to a belief that the person is in possession of a targeted item. 2”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.