Ferrell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the State failed to prove constructive possession although cocaine was found in a matchbox next to the driver’s seat of a car that the defendant had possessed for approximately fifteen hours
• holding that the State failed to prove constructive possession although cocaine was found in a matchbox next to the driver’s seat of a car that the defendant had possessed for approximately fifteen hours
• holding a presumption of constructive possession arises “[w]hen the defendant owns or controls the premises where the contraband is found”
• holding “[w]hen the defendant owns or controls the premises where the contraband is found, there is a presumption of constructive possession of the contraband”
• holding that search was not incident to arrest where the defendant was locked in the patrol car and the officer could have no reason to think that evidence related to the arrest for driving on a suspended license would be found in the car
• holding that search was not incident to arrest where the defendant was locked in the patrol car and the officer could have no reason to think that evidence related to the arrest for driving on a suspended license would be found in the car

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

57 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Ortiz
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-05-24· cited 308×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-12-12· cited 261×
• Floyd v. City of Crystal Springs
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-11-24· cited 198×
• Wall v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 107×
• United States v. Caseres
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-21· cited 86×
• State v. Gant
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2007-07-25· cited 54×
• Glidden v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-10-06· cited 40×
• Haynes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2018-05-31· cited 39×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-25· cited 29×
• Gavin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-05-08· cited 28×
• Hamm v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 25×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-11-17· cited 24×
• White v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 20×
• Ducksworth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-09-12· cited 15×
• Kerns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-12-08· cited 14×
• Naylor v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-03· cited 14×
• State v. Pittman
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2005-11-23· cited 12×
• David Lee May v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-12-13· cited 12×
• Jordan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2014-08-26· cited 11×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-11-13· cited 10×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Horton v. California
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 2,923×
• Cupp v. Murphy
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 739×
• Boches v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-29· cited 96×
• United States v. Santos Villarreal and Sergio Gonzalez
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-08-28· cited 92×
• United States v. Andrew Eschweiler
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-10-24· cited 77×
• Hamburg v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-05-24· cited 69×
• Pool v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-02-05· cited 60×
• Cunningham v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-24· cited 60×
• Fultz v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-12· cited 56×
• United States v. Chester Sylvester, Ted Burn Sylvester, Floyd Soileau, Timothy Sylvester, and Jules Ericke
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-08-15· cited 38×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1967-03-06· cited 25×