Burgin v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding evidence of possession where purse containing contraband was found in defendant’s bedroom and contained identification listing defendant’s maiden name
• affirming conviction for possession of Desoxyn without a prescription; appellant failed to demonstrate that he had obtained the pills in his possession “under a specific valid prescription.”
• the existence of a valid prescription is an exception to, not an element of, the possession statute
• a trial court could reasonably infer that the purse belonged to the defendant when an identification was found in the purse containing the defendant’s former name and picture

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Hart
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-04-07· cited 56×
• Carnes v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1985-07-23· cited 47×
• Everroad v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-04-15· cited 28×
• Grogan v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1985-08-29· cited 20×
• Elliott v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1982-05-25· cited 19×
• Pool v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2001-01-29· cited 17×
• Schuller v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1993-12-14· cited 7×
• Garrett v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-03-07· cited 5×
• Angela C. Garrett v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-03-07
• Wesley A. Barnes v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-05-03

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Patterson v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 2,751×
• Leland v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1952-10-13· cited 1,010×
• Rivera v. Delaware
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-12· cited 155×
• Thomas v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 67×
• Martin v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1978-02-21· cited 59×
• Price v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1980-11-26· cited 47×
• Watt v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-11-03· cited 44×
• Scott v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-05-29· cited 19×
• Mills v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1975-04-15· cited 16×
• Gilbert v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1981-10-23· cited 5×
• Warren v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1981-03-10· cited 1×