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I dug a little deeper and still did not find it. There were two similar cases, one in which the box truck had a pass-through into the cabin, and based on this,
by sathackr 9y ago
I dug a little deeper and still did not find it.
There were two similar cases, one in which the box truck had a pass-through into the cabin, and based on this, the conviction was upheld because it was deemed that the pass-through from the passenger compartment of the vehicle into the cargo compartment allowed the defendants knowledge and control.
In the other case, there was no pass through and the conviction was overturned.
I will dig through some more files tomorrow. They were both State of Florida cases.
Another interesting(older) case was one in which a defendant was seen leaving an unoccupied house, was 'stopped and frisked' and a Tylenol(or some other legal OTC drug) bottle containing some sort of illegal drug(MDMA or something like that) was found in his actual possession(on his body). The defendant told the police that he had taken the bottle from the house and was unaware it contained illegal drugs. The conviction was overturned because while he knew of the presence of the pills in the bottle and could clearly exercise dominion and control as it was in his actual possession, there was no evidence to indicate he had knowledge of the illicit nature of the substance.