State v. Chouinard

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that backseat passenger’s proximity to a weapon and knowledge of its presence in a vehicle was not enough to establish constructive possession
• reviewing cases where courts found sufficient evidence of dominion and control and “the defendant was either the owner of the premises or the driver/owner of the vehicle where contraband was found”
• “Courts have found sufficient evidence of constructive possession, and dominion and control, in cases in which the defendant was either the owner of the premises or the driver/owner of the vehicle where contraband was found.”
• mere proximity insufficient to show dominion and control

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State Of Washington v. James H. Listoe
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2020-11-10· cited 39×
• Brett Bass, Respondents/cross-app. v. City Of Edmonds, Apps./cross-resp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-02-22· cited 6×
• State of Washington v. Ismael M. Tarango
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2019-01-31
• State Of Washington, V. Jesus H. Ibarra-erives
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2022-09-19
• State Of Washington, V. Samuel Leon Dugan
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2026-04-20

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. McFarland
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-09-13· cited 2,396×
• State v. Hosier
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-05-11· cited 167×
• State v. Ross
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-07-27· cited 82×
• State v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-11-22· cited 71×
• State v. Echeverria
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-04-17· cited 66×
• State v. George
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-10-13· cited 56×
• State v. Raleigh
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-09-08· cited 54×
• State v. Hystad
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-11-03· cited 37×
• State v. Bowen
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-09-21· cited 35×
• State v. Cote
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-07-15· cited 32×
• State v. Hagen
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-04-17· cited 27×
• State v. Murphy
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-11-19· cited 26×
• State v. Reid
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-04-18· cited 25×
• State v. Cote
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-08-19· cited 24×
• State v. McFarland
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-03-22· cited 22×