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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 26 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Powers v. Commonwealth.

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1 Powers v. Commonwealth Anchor
va · 1984
green “the commonwealth must point to evidence of acts, statements, or conduct of the accused or other facts or circumstances which tend to show that the defendant was aware of both the presence and character of the substance and that it was subject to his dominion and control.” 17
2 Nelms v. Vaughan
va · 1888
green “have been substantially complied with in all essential particulars, . . . there can be no doubt . . . that the matter is within the jurisdiction of the court” 3

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