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· 7/15/1974

United States v. Robert Phillips and William Arnold Tolbert, Jr.

Citations

  • 496 F.2d 1395
  • 1974 U.S. App. LEXIS 7643

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that passenger possessed marijuana in a vehicle he didn’t own or rent even when marijuana was found in the trunk
  • holding that passenger possessed marijuana in a vehicle he didn’t own or rent even when marijuana was found in the trunk
  • “[P]ossession may be actual or constructive but in any event there must be dominion and control over the item or a power to exercise dominion and control.”

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Judges: Wisdom, Godbold, In-Graham

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