Fultz v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing driver’s conviction for constructive possession of drugs found in trunk of his sister’s car
• “The doctrine of constructive possession is a legal fiction used by courts when actual possession cannot be proven.”
• “The doctrine of constructive possession is a legal fiction used by courts when actual possession cannot be proven.”
• evidence of constructive possession was insufficient as to driver where marijuana was found in trunk of car which belonged to driver's sister, driver had been using car for about four hours, and driver was found to have small amount of marijuana in his wallet
• suggesting fingerprints on the drugs would be sufficient evidence
• evidence of constructive possession was insufficient as to driver where marijuana was found in trunk of car which belonged to driver's sister, driver had been using car for about four hours, and driver was found to have small amount of marijuana in his wallet

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Swington v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 85×
• Ferrell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-01-26· cited 74×
• Ivy v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-11-13· cited 72×
• Cunningham v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-24· cited 60×
• Berry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-03-16· cited 42×
• Haynes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2018-05-31· cited 39×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-05-08· cited 26×
• Hamm v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 25×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-11-17· cited 24×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-11-16· cited 17×
• Ryan Nicholas O'Donnell v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2015-04-07· cited 16×
• Blissett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-01-27· cited 15×
• Bates v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-03-20· cited 14×
• Kerns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-12-08· cited 14×
• Jordan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2014-08-26· cited 11×
• Cheatham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2009-06-30· cited 8×
• Fontenot v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-10-09· cited 8×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2002-03-19· cited 6×
• Guerrero v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-03-09· cited 5×
• Marvin Rerocukus Demond Carver v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2017-10-12· cited 5×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Curry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-05-24· cited 178×
• Powell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-03-08· cited 97×
• Boches v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-29· cited 96×
• Hamburg v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-05-24· cited 69×
• Pool v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-02-05· cited 60×
• Hudson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-09-20· cited 10×