Brown v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a defendant constructively possessed cocaine that was in “plain view” on a bed and “within arm’s reach” of the defendant even though two other men were sitting on the bed on either side of the cocaine
• holding that a defendant constructively possessed cocaine that was in “plain view” on a bed and “within arm’s reach” of the defendant even though two other men were sitting on the bed on either side of the cocaine
• finding that the evidence was sufficient to support a conviction for possession of cocaine found in plain view and within an arm's reach of the accused, even though others were present
• finding that the defendant’s close proximity to the drugs at issue, “combined with his knowledge of their presence and the fact that he was in the house about an hour,” was sufficient to prove they were subject to his dominion and control
• finding evidence sufficient to support conviction for possession of cocaine that was located in plain view within arm's reach of the accused, even though others were present
• finding the evidence was sufficient to support a conviction for possession of cocaine found in plain view and within an arm's reach of the accused, even though others were present

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Armstead v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-07-27· cited 92×
• Bassett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-02-04· cited 86×
• Ragsdale v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-07-02· cited 61×
• Copeland v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-02-10· cited 57×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-05· cited 36×
• Pemberton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-02-01· cited 30×
• Hunter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-03-30· cited 28×
• Coward v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-08-22· cited 24×
• Bottoms v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-04-30· cited 24×
• Potts v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-08-06· cited 22×
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-10· cited 16×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-04-05· cited 6×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Higginbotham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 746×
• Powers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 221×
• Ritter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-04-27· cited 142×
• Gillis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-10-14· cited 109×
• Lane v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-06-18· cited 104×
• Evans v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-03-10· cited 73×
• Eckhart v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 71×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-11-21· cited 49×
• Hambury v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-11-18· cited 33×
• Crumble v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-05-06· cited 21×
• Huvar v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-03-06· cited 18×