Fontenot v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “When illegal substances are found on premises not owned by the defendant, the State must show other incriminating circumstances, in addition to proximity, in order to prove constructive possession.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Peden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2014-02-11· cited 8×
• Shawn Oliff Lavant v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2019-01-08
• Charles Edward Reindollar a/k/a Charles Reindollar v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2020-02-11
• Lonnie Lee McDaniel a/k/a Lonnie McDaniel v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2020-02-25
• Michael Long a/k/a Michael T. Long v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2024-10-01
• Dcorious Alford a/k/a Dcorious Keon Alford a/k/a Decorius Keon Alford v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2023-01-24
• Clinton Winters, Jr. a/k/a Clinton S. Winters v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2021-12-07
• Moses Jerome McLaurin a/k/a Moses McLaurin v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2025-11-25

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bush v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-02-10· cited 1,301×
• Curry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-05-24· cited 178×
• Wall v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 107×
• Powell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-03-08· cited 97×
• Cunningham v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-24· cited 60×
• Dixon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-12· cited 60×
• Fultz v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-12· cited 56×
• Harrison v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-11-09· cited 44×
• Berry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-03-16· cited 42×
• Knight v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-09-08· cited 41×
• Glidden v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-10-06· cited 40×
• Hudson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-03-25· cited 27×
• Martin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-05-05· cited 25×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-11-17· cited 24×
• Bates v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-03-20· cited 14×
• Cheatham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2009-06-30· cited 8×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-03-01· cited 7×
• Mauldin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-10-26· cited 2×
• Stingley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-10-23· cited 1×