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· 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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