Legal Opinion · Dissent

Walker v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided April 10, 2002No. CA CR 01-941Published

1DissentJohn Mauzy Pittman, Judge

I join in Chief Judge Stroud’s dissent. I write only to point out one

additional problem with the majority opinion.

The majority appears to rely heavily upon the idea that the car belonged to appellant’s passenger; the majority opinion states the proposition as fact more than once. In concluding that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding that appellant constructively possessed the methamphetamine found under the seat of a car that appellant was driving, the majority emphasizes that “appellant was in Darlene Ables’s car, and [other] methamphetamine was found on her person and not on…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Branstetter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  2. Key v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  3. Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  5. Hickson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1995

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