United States v. Terrance Walker

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a “visible” gun located near the defendant and positioned so the defendant could easily “come up with it like a normal hold” suffices to establish constructive possession of the firearm
• holding evidence sufficient to establish possession, “whether actual or constructive,” for weapon possession conviction where indictment alleged defendant “knowingly possess[ed] a firearm and or ammunition in and affecting commerce” (alteration in original)
• explaining that constructive possession may be proven by direct or circumstantial evidence
• “Walker’s conviction [for possession of a firearm] is defensible despite the absence of forensic evidence.”
• “Our prior decisions show that the quantum of evidence necessary to overcome Bailey is minimal in both the actual and constructive possession contexts.”
• “Our . . . decisions show that the quantum of evidence necessary to overcome Bailey is minimal in . . . the . . . constructive possession context[].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).