United States v. Ignacio Sanchez-Mata

How courts have described this case

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• holding that being “merely a passenger” in a vehicle transporting marijuana is insufficient to sustain a conviction for possession with intent to distribute narcotics or conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute narcotics
• proving a defendant's \mere proximity\ to a drug is insufficient to sustain a conviction of possession with intent to distribute
• discussing \long-term or familial relationship\ as evidence in support of conspiracy
• evidence that defendant was a passenger in a vehicle where controlled substances were found was insufficient to establish he had dominion and control over the substances
• defendant's convictions reversed despite fact that he \looked nervous\ and \several times had eye contact\ with co-defendant during investigatory stop
• there was no evidence of possession where the defendant “did not have a key to the trunk or car, was not driving the car, [and] did not own the car”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).