Diggs v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[i]t is elementary that mere spatial proximity to contraband, without more, will not support a finding of constructive possession”
• State presented no evidence connecting defendant to room where drugs were found, to the residence, or to the contraband
• “State presented no evidence showing that [defendant] wrote, controlled or even handled the memo referring to ounces, pounds, names and currency found in his home”
• State presented no evidence linking defendant to footprints found near drugs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Washington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-15· cited 22×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-08-17· cited 10×
• Cooper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-04-29· cited 10×
• Xiong v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-27· cited 8×
• In the Interest of D. G.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-03-05

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Moody v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-05-07· cited 38×
• Francis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-11· cited 9×
• Love v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-30· cited 8×
• Savage v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-25· cited 7×
• Jordan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-12· cited 6×
• Greene v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-01-14· cited 6×