32 Va. App. 775 - Wells v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
September 2008
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Griffin v. California · Caminetti v. United States · Rock v. Arkansas · Johnson v. United States · Higginbotham v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Possession need not be actual, exclusive, or lengthy in order to support a conviction; instead, the statute criminalizes constructive or joint possession of illegal drugs of any duration. Constructive possession of illegal drugs may be proven by “ ‘evidence of acts, statements, or conduct of the accused or other facts or circumstances which tend to show that the [accused] was aware of both the presence and character of the substance and that it was subject to his dominion and control.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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