Tommie Slack v. United States

In County. Ct. of Ulster County., N. Y. v. Allen, 442 U.S. 140, 161 (1979), this Court affirmed jury instructions establishing that constructive possession of a contraband cannot “exist without the intent and ability to exercise control or dominion over the weapons.” The Court further identified that the Section 922(g)’s prohibition on possession of a firearm applied to actual and constructive possession alike in Henderson v. United States. 575 U.S. 622, 626 (2015). The question presented here is: 1. Whether establishing constructive possession of a location is sufficient to establish constructive possession of contraband found in the location occupied by multiple people.