69 Ohio App. 306 - State v. Bryan’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 13 state decisions

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1. “"1. From the presence of the defendant and Nat Colton in the cab of the truck in the parking lot at the unusual time and under the unusual circumstances mentioned where the contents of the unlocked zipper brief case were readily accessible to either of them; from the conduct of the defendant and Colton when the police officer focused the spotlight upon them while they were seated together in the cab of the truck; from their concert of action in leaving the truck; from the conduct of Colton in running to the rear of the truck and throwing the brief case containing various articles, including two loaded revolvers suitable for use and customarily used as burglar tools; from the conduct of the defendant in fleeing from the police officer; and from defendant's previous record of conviction for burglary there was sufficient evidence to sustain the inference drawn by the jury, as shown by its verdict, that the burglar tools, implements, and so forth, contained in the brief case were in the possession of both the defendant and Colton. * *" 43 N.E.2d at 627 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 So. 2d 830 - Estevez v. State