· 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
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- 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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