Jefferson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• finding constructive possession where, in part, cocaine was found in close proximity to two weapons, and both the drugs and the guns were easily accessible to the defendant
• “The Commonwealth need not prove that [appellant] had ready access to either the gun or the [drugs] to establish ‘simultaneous possession.’”
• constructive possession of either firearm or drug sufficient to sustain conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13· cited 47×
• State v. Blanchard
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2001-01-18· cited 43×
• Hunter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-03-30· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Marshall
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 1997-09-09

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Powers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 221×
• Eckhart v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 71×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-02-02· cited 44×
• Schaaf v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-10-05· cited 32×