State v. Blanchard

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “possession” in its “usual sense[] includes constructive possession,” though declining to decide that the statute punished the constructive possession of a firearm while in the possession of drugs, because to do so would produce absurd results
• describing instances where constructive possession of a firearm has no nexus to illegal drugs
• describing instances where constructive possession of a firearm has no nexus to illegal drugs
• “[I]n the statutes dealing with possession of drugs and possession of guns, the term ‘possess’ ‘is broad enough to encompass both “actual” and “constructive” possession.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Parker v. District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-03-09· cited 230×
• State v. Brisban
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2002-02-26· cited 108×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13· cited 47×
• State v. Dabney
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2003-04-09· cited 28×
• State ex rel. S.L.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2012-04-24· cited 26×
• State v. Webb
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2014-05-07· cited 21×
• State v. Boss
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2003-05-28· cited 20×
• State v. Ruffins
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2006-09-20· cited 14×
• Sonson v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-09-09· cited 11×
• State v. Thompson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2006-11-08· cited 10×
• State v. Lattin
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2018-09-26· cited 10×
• State v. Jarvis
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2002-02-13· cited 9×
• State ex rel. T.M.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2012-03-28· cited 9×
• State v. Manning
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2004-03-12· cited 8×
• State ex rel. C.T.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2016-04-15· cited 7×
• State v. Obrien
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2018-04-04· cited 7×
• State v. Jordan
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2006-09-26· cited 6×
• State v. Hill
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2004-06-23· cited 6×
• State v. Shrader
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2004-09-24· cited 6×
• State v. Whitesides
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2012-04-04· cited 6×

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bailey v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1995-12-06· cited 3,526×
• Muscarello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-08· cited 848×
• State v. Trahan
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1983-01-10· cited 345×
• United States v. Ceballos-Torres
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-07-06· cited 300×
• Marshall v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-09· cited 293×
• State v. Wille
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1990-03-12· cited 269×
• State v. Brogdon
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1984-09-10· cited 247×
• State v. Sonnier
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-06-22· cited 104×
• State v. Williams
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1999-03-30· cited 90×
• State v. Sandifer
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1996-09-05· cited 82×
• State v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1994-12-08· cited 80×
• State v. Bell
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1990-09-19· cited 80×
• State v. Garza
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1999-04-16· cited 62×
• State v. Refuge
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1974-08-30· cited 53×
• State v. Mose
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-04-05· cited 51×
• State v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-04-09· cited 50×
• State v. Amos
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-02-28· cited 50×
• State v. Cooks
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1998-10-06· cited 46×
• State v. Villarreal
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2000-02-16· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Montaque
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-04-20· cited 40×