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· 12/1/1977

United States v. Charles Melvin Riggins

Citations

  • 563 F.2d 1264
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 5795

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the defendant had constructive possession of contraband in a hotel room when a drug deal was conducted between two others in the adjoining bathroom
  • constructive possession found for defendant in a hotel room when drug deal was conducted between two others in the adjoining bathroom
  • evidence that the de- fendant participated in the loading of the car “would provide a basis for the inference that [he] knew the contents of the grocery bag on the floorboard on the passenger side”

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Judges: Ainsworth, Wisdom, Gewin, Ains-Worth

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