Mitchell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting there is no presumption of possession by a mere passenger in an automobile, even where the drugs are found near that passenger
• evidence of cocaine under floor mat at passenger’s feet insufficient to show constructive possession even though passenger was “extremely nervous”
• “A finding of constructive possession of contraband cannot rest upon mere spatial proximity to the contraband, especially where . . . the contraband is hidden.”
• evidence insufficient where cocaine was hidden under floor mat in front of defendant passenger’s seat
• “A finding of constructive possession of contraband cannot rest upon mere spatial proximity to the contraband, especially where the contraband is hidden.”
• evidence of cocaine under floor mat at passenger’s feet insufficient to show constructive possession even though passenger was “extremely nervous”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Vines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-10· cited 37×
• Lebis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-12-11· cited 35×
• State v. Atkinson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2000-11-16· cited 30×
• Warren v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-26· cited 28×
• Cochran v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-09-16· cited 28×
• Helton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-01-12· cited 25×
• Rosas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-10-14· cited 25×
• Young v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-09· cited 21×
• Hodges v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-01-09· cited 21×
• Maddox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-11· cited 20×
• Tran v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-27· cited 19×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-03· cited 19×
• O'NEILL v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-03-09· cited 18×
• Reyes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-28· cited 17×
• Feliciano v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-02-11· cited 16×
• Gray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-29· cited 16×
• Copeland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-11· cited 16×
• Flores v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-10· cited 15×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-18· cited 15×
• Kier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-25· cited 14×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-11· cited 127×
• Roper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-05-24· cited 78×
• Eason v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1962-05-08· cited 46×
• Reid v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-03-16· cited 46×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-09-08· cited 40×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-09· cited 24×
• In the Interest of C. A. A.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-06-30· cited 15×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-11· cited 4×