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· 12/21/2012

People v. Minch

Citations

  • 493 Mich. 87
  • 825 N.W.2d 560
  • 2012 WL 6861599
  • 2012 Mich. LEXIS 2223

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that possession of a firearm can be either actual or constructive
  • explaining that possession of a firearm can be either actual or constructive
  • explaining that constructive possession satisfies the possession element of felon-in-possession
  • stating that a person has constructive possession when he “knowingly has the power and the intention at a given time to exercise dominion or control over a thing,” and when “the totality of the circumstances indicates a sufficient nexus between [the] defendant and the contraband”
  • “[A] person has constructive possession if he knowingly has the power and the intention at a given time to exercise dominion or control over a thing, either directly or indirectly.”
  • possession of a firearm can be either actual or constructive

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Judges: Young, Markman, Kelly, Zahra, Cavanagh, Hathaway

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