# J.C. v. State

> Supreme Court of Alabama · September 5, 2003 · 882 So. 2d 274

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7769381

## Case

- **Full name:** Ex Parte J.C. (In Re J.C. v. State of Alabama).
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** September 5, 2003
- **Citations:** 882 So. 2d 274; 2003 Ala. LEXIS 249
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Stuart
- **Judges:** Houston, See, Lyons, Johnstone, Harwood, Woodall, Stuart, Brown
- **Cited by:** 17 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that in cases of constructive possession, “circumstances that provide [a] connection [between the defendant and contraband] include ... admissions of the defendant that provide the necessary connection, which includes both verbal admissions and conduct that evidence…

## Opinion text

STUART, Justice
(concurring specially).
J.C. was charged with trafficking in marijuana. To sustain a conviction for trafficking in marijuana, the State had to establish, that J.C. was in “constructive possession of, in excess of one kilo or 2.2 pounds of any part of the plant of the genus Cannabis.” See § 13A-12-231(1), Ala.Code 1975. The State did not meet this burden. While. the State presented sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction for possession of marijuana, it did not present sufficient evidence to support a conviction for trafficking in marijuana.

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