Wagner v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that defendant’s statement that officers “planted” drugs in his house was insufficient “to establish beyond a reasonable doubt his knowledge of the presence of drugs”
• holding no constructive possession where drugs found in shared apartment concealed under dresser, in men’s pockets of men’s clothing in closet, and in cigar box and no independent evidence showed items belonged to defendant
• noting the absence of fingerprints failed to connect Wagner to the contraband or the containers in which it was found
• noting the absence of fingerprints failed to connect Wagner to the contraband or the containers in which it was found
• “When ... contraband is found in a location that was accessible to more than one person, a defendant’s knowledge of its presence and ability to exercise dominion and control will not be inferred; these elements must be established by independent proof.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Duncan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-07-02· cited 26×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-08-01· cited 20×
• Bennett v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-11-05· cited 13×
• Edmond v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-08-22· cited 12×
• Nicholas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-28· cited 12×
• Santiago v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-08· cited 11×
• Evans v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-01-20· cited 9×
• State v. Cadore
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-04-27· cited 9×
• Jiles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-06-18· cited 8×
• Robinson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-02-29· cited 8×
• Culver v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-09-19· cited 7×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-08· cited 7×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-04-17· cited 5×
• Tucker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-08-12· cited 5×
• Byers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-08-21· cited 4×
• Edwards v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-02-12· cited 2×
• S.E.B. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-11-14· cited 2×
• Sheppard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-12-24· cited 1×
• SEB v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-11-14
• Jenrette-Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-05-31

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Law
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-07-27· cited 545×
• Woods v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-08-11· cited 10×
• Diaz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-09-17· cited 8×
• Graham v. Rutherford
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-03-08· cited 1×