Downard v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that in a jointly-occupied vehicle proximity to contraband alone cannot sustain a constructive possession conviction
• holding that in jointly occupied vehicle proximity to contraband alone cannot sustain a constructive possession conviction
• holding that in a jointly-occupied vehicle proximity to contraband alone cannot sustain a constructive possession conviction
• holding that in jointly occupied vehicle proximity to contraband alone cannot sustain a constructive possession conviction
• reversing conviction for cocaine possession where State failed to present evidence linking the defendant to cocaine found \only four inches\ from the driver's seat in jointly-occupied vehicle driven by the defendant
• reversing conviction for cocaine possession where State failed to present evidence linking the defendant to cocaine found “only four inches” from the driver’s seat in jointly-occupied vehicle driven by the defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).