Parker v. Renico

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “evidence [that] suggested only that [the defendant] was in a car with men who together planned a murder and that guns were in the car” was insufficient to support felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm and felony-firearm convictions
• observing that a defendant’s presence near a firearm is insufficient to establish constructive possession
• distinguishing reasonable speculation from sufficient evidence in finding a state 20 court=s application of standard set forth in Jackson to be objectively unreasonable
• evidence that Parker was in a car containing guns with men who planned a murder was too speculative to support a finding that Parker constructively possessed the firearm
• evidence that Parker was in a car containing guns with men who planned a murder was too speculative to support a finding that Parker constructively possessed the firearm
• “We review de novo the district court’s decision to grant or deny habeas relief.”

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