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· 9/16/1986

Behrens v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 348 S.E.2d 430
  • 3 Va. App. 131
  • 3 Va. Law Rep. 698
  • 1986 Va. App. LEXIS 345

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that evidence was suspicious, but insufficient to establish constructive possession, when drugs were found in a hotel room registered to defendant and defendant was not seen in proximity to drugs
  • holding that evidence was suspicious, but insufficient to establish constructive possession, when drugs were found in a hotel room registered to defendant and defendant was not seen in proximity to drugs
  • evidence insufficient where cocaine was found in motel room rented by defendant
  • evidence insufficient where cocaine was found in motel room rented by defendant

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Judges: Keenan

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