BROWN

v.

WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Citator

Cited By (35 total)

• The United States v. Poole, 878 F.2d 1389 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …, 1027 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 2003, 100 L.Ed.2d 234 (1988). All three elements can be proven by either direct or circum [*1392] stantial evidence. United States v. Pruitt, 763 F. 2d 1256, 1264 (11th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1084, 106 S.Ct. 856, 88 L.Ed.2d 896 (1986). Evidence of surrounding circumstances can prove knowledge. Alvarez, 837 F. 2d at 1027. Constructive possession is sufficient for the possession element, and can be established by showing ownership or dominion…
• United States v. Harris, 20 F.3d 445 (11th Cir. 1994)
  …th Cir.1989). See United States v. Morales, 868 F. 2d 1562, 1573 (11th Cir.1989). The government may prove each of these elements with direct or circumstantial evidence. United States v. Pruitt, 763 F. 2d 1256, 1264 (11th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1084, 106 S.Ct. 856, 88 L.Ed.2d 896 (1986). The government may prove constructive possession if it shows a defendant maintained dominion or control over the drugs or over the premises where the drugs are located. Poole, 878 F. 2d at 1392. Vegas mainta…
• United States v. Turner, 871 F.2d 1574 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …t contained in the indictment, United States v. Peel, 837 F. 2d 975 (11th Cir.1988); or the charge improperly guided the jury in such a substantial way as to violate due process. United States v. Pruitt, 763 F. 2d 1256 (11th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1084, 106 S.Ct. 856, 88 L.Ed.2d 896 (1986). The district court’s answer to the jury’s question, that the time by which defendant had to know the bonds were stolen in Count II did not end once the bonds arrived in West Palm Beach, accurately reflected th…