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Utah Supreme Court· 10/18/1985

State v. Fox

Citations

  • 709 P.2d 316
  • 1985 Utah LEXIS 927

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  • holding that co-occupancy of a house where marijuana was being grown, absent other evidence, was insufficient to establish a nexus
  • holding that evidence that the defendant lived in a home where marijuana was being cultivated was insufficient to support a finding of constructive possession
  • holding that a defendant did not have constructive possession when his connections to the residence containing the contraband were separable from the area where the contraband was found
  • holding that a defendant did not have constructive possession when his connections to the residence containing the contraband were separable from the area where the contraband was found
  • holding that a marijuana greenhouse located in an \openly accessible\ shared area of property was not sufficient to support constructive possession, absent additional evidence of intent to possess or control
  • noting that the quantity of an illegal substance can be used as evidence of an intent to distribute

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Judges: Stewart, Durham, Zimmerman, Howe, Hall

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