Topic: constructive possession exists when a person 'has knowledge… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 6 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 “constructive possession exists when a person 'has knowledge of the thing possessed coupled with the ability to maintain control over it or reduce it to his physical possession even though he does not have actual possession.” 3
2 United States v. Juan Phillip Leonard Scott Lee Moore, A.K.A. Dennis L. Spinks
ca11 · 1998
green “to prove actual possession the evidence must show that the defendant either had physical possession of or personal dominion over the firearm.” 3

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