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U.S. v. Quintanar, No. 98-1382 (8th Cir.) (150 F.3d 902) (July 28, 1998) (Judge John C. Godbold)

Calling this case "a paradigm of lack of power to exercise control and dominion", the Court emphasized that "[T]he essence of constructive possession is not direct, physical control, but the ability to reduce an object to actual possession; otherwise, constructive possession would have no meaning at all . . . ...

 

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