Turner v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing a conviction for constructive possession where the passenger was not charged and the sole evidence of the defendant’s guilt was ownership and driving of vehicle
• presumption that contrabandfound in vehicle was possessedhy vehicle owner overcome by evidence that others had equal access to vehicle
• acquittal required where sole evidence of possession is constructive and others have equal access to the contraband
• driver’s conviction reversed where passenger had equal access and cocaine was found under passenger seat
• acquittal required where sole evidence of possession is constructive and others have equal access to the contraband
• explaining application of equal access rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-10· cited 37×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-14· cited 22×
• Coney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-19· cited 20×
• Prather v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-08-15· cited 20×
• Maddox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-11· cited 20×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-24· cited 17×
• Ramirez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-04· cited 17×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-05· cited 14×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-21· cited 13×
• Holiman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-30· cited 11×
• Benitez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-23· cited 10×
• Bryant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-12-13· cited 8×
• Xiong v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-27· cited 8×
• Rogers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-20· cited 7×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-09· cited 6×
• Bodiford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-24· cited 5×
• Mercado v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-08· cited 5×
• Griffin v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-02-18· cited 4×
• Luis Mercado v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-08
• Marquis Maddox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-11

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Reid v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-03-16· cited 46×
• Whipple v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-01-19· cited 45×
• Farmer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-09-19· cited 37×
• Boykin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-03· cited 31×
• Warren v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-26· cited 28×
• Berry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-29· cited 26×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-12-06· cited 20×
• In the Interest of C. A. A.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-06-30· cited 15×
• Howren v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-10-13· cited 13×
• Wiggins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-12-04· cited 10×
• Heller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-28· cited 8×