Court of Appeals of Georgia· 8/3/2011
Henry v. State
Citations
- 716 S.E.2d 232
- 311 Ga. App. 353
- 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 2663
- 2011 Ga. App. LEXIS 724
How courts have described this case
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- “In cases involving contraband found in vehicles, the [Sjtate is generally entitled to an evidentiary presumption that the driver ... of the vehicle is in constructive possession of the contraband.”
- “In cases involving contraband found in vehicles, the [S]tate is generally entitled to an evidentiary presumption that the driver . . . of the vehicle is in constructive possession of the contraband.”
- evidence supported driver's conviction for marijuana possession where, based on circumstantial evidence, jury could find beyond a reasonable doubt that the driver jointly possessed the contraband with his co-defendant, who was the owner of, and sole passenger in, the car
- driver has joint possession of marijuana located in glove compartment
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Phipps, Andrews, McFadden
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Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Whipple v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-01-19· cited 45×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia· 2006-05-17· cited 45×
- Vines v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-10· cited 37×
- Warren v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-26· cited 28×
- Cochran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-09-16· cited 28×
- Ramirez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-04· cited 17×
- Dix v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-01· cited 15×
- Cabrera v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-12· cited 11×
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