Tennessee Supreme Court· 3/1/2001

State v. Shaw

Citations

37 S.W.3d 900
2001 Tenn. LEXIS 141

How courts have described this case

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explaining that “corroborative evidence may be direct or entirely circumstantial, and it need not be adequate, in and of itself, to support a conviction”
Disapproving of “the [Tennessee] Court of Criminal Appeals’ reliance upon the defendant's ownership of the car” to establish constructive possession, because “[o]wnership alone does not indicate that one is in constructive possession of contraband inside a vehicle”
the jury is presumed to follow the court’s instructions

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Judges: Anderson, Drowota, Birch, Holder, Barker

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