Kerns v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he state must show additional incriminating circumstances to justify a finding of constructive possession.” (internal quotation marks omitted
• “[W]hen contraband is found on premises which are not owned by a defendant, mere physical proximity to the contraband does not, in itself, show constructive possession.” (alterations in original) (internal quotation marks omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dixon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-12· cited 60×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-12-12· cited 9×
• Dora v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-05-15· cited 5×
• Nance v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-01-30· cited 5×
• Shanks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-09-05· cited 3×
• Foxworth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-11-29· cited 3×
• Kimberly Ann Whitehead v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-04-05· cited 2×
• Gross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-09-05· cited 1×
• Tracy Dixon v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-07-21
• Michael Guss, Jr. v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2019-04-02
• Terry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-11-28
• Cook v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-03-13
• Cephus Channing Terry a/k/a Cephus C. Terry a/k/a Cephus Terry v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2021-01-21
• David Milton Sills a/k/a David Sills v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2023-04-06

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-22· cited 326×
• Curry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-05-24· cited 178×
• Dilworth v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-06-16· cited 150×
• Keys v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-02· cited 131×
• Powell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-03-08· cited 97×
• Ferrell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-01-26· cited 74×
• Cunningham v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-24· cited 60×
• Fultz v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-12· cited 56×
• Hemphill v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-08-08· cited 34×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-05-08· cited 26×
• Blissett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-01-27· cited 15×
• Martin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-09-06· cited 10×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2002-11-19· cited 4×
• Kerns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-04-05· cited 3×