Legal Opinion

Mosley v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided October 18, 2011No. 2010-KA-00467-COAPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Choctaw County jury found James Mosley guilty of possession of marijuana and cocaine. Mosley was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for a traffic violation. Officers found the marijuana and cocaine under the passenger seat. On appeal, Mosley challenges: (1) the admission of the evidence seized from the vehicle during the traffic stop, (2) the denial of his offered jury instructions on constructive possession, and (3) the sufficiency and weight of the evidence supporting the jury’s guilty verdict. Finding no error, we affirm.

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¶ 2. On August 4, 2009, two…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Brendlin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. Maryland v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Tracy Woods v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  2. Malcolm Cameron v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  3. Floyd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
  4. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  5. Andrew Acie Adams v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017

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