State v. Franco-Amador

How courts have described this case

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• finding insufficient evidence of constructive possession because the State did not prove the defendant had the power or intention to exercise control over the methamphetamine
• finding insufficient evidence of constructive possession because the State did not prove the defendant had the power or intention to exercise control over the methamphetamine
• addressing nervousness that could be equally explained by an accused's status as an illegal immigrant, which, without evidence of other incriminating factors, could not support a conviction for possession
• “Considering the totality of these circumstances together: nervousness, flight, duct tape and masking odors, this court cannot say that this evidence was sufficient to find that [the defendant] constructively possessed the methamphetamine….”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).