United States v. Robert Morris

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “proximity coupled with ‘evidence of some other factor — including ... a gesture implying control ... ’ is enough to sustain a guilty verdict” for constructive possession
• \a jury could reasonably infer that [defendant] was using these firearms to protect the drugs in the apartment intended for future distribution\
• “the fact that a gun is loaded strengthens the inference that it is actual use”
• \the fact that a gun is loaded strengthens the inference that it is actual use\
• “A jury is entitled to infer that a person exercises constructive possession over items found in his home.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).