· 2/14/1986
United States v. Bernard Foster
Citations
- 783 F.2d 1087
- 251 U.S. App. D.C. 272
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 22173
How courts have described this case
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- employee of store in which shotgun was found did not have possession of the shotgun when Government’s only evidence linking him to gun was proximity
- \Numerous decisions of this Circuit have made clear that mere proximity or accessibility to contraband will not support a conclusion that an individual had knowing dominion and control over it.\
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Judges: Bork, Scalia, Hogan
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