Boches v. State

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• noting that State required to prove dominion and control over contraband and not merely vehicle and finding several additional incriminating circumstances
• defendant was sole occupant of the car, but not the owner, when marijuana was discovered in trunk
• \This is not a case where the presumption of constructive possession arises based on the ownership of the automobile because Boches was not the owner.\
• initial stop of defendant’s vehicle after he turned vehicle away from police roadblock and headed in opposite, direction was justified
• police were entitled to stop car that, prior to a roadblock, turned around in a driveway and headed back in the opposite direction, court explains that police are entitled to stop drivers who attempt to evade roadblocks
• officers can pursue and briefly detain vehicle that evaded roadblock

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).