Topic: possession may be actual or constructive, joint or sole. · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 18 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 United States v. Manuel Gunn.

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1 United States v. Manuel Gunn Anchor
ca11 · 2004
green “possession may be actual or constructive, joint or sole.” 12
2 United States v. Jonathan S. Edwards
ca11 · 1999
green “a defendant has actual possession of a substance when he has direct physical control over the contraband.” 6

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