Jessica L. Walker a/k/a Jessica LaShunda Walker v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The Court reversed and rendered Walker's conviction for possessing methamphetamine because the State presented insufficient competent evidence connecting her to the drug beyond her ownership and operation of the vehicle and proximity to the substance. The Court held that Walker failed to preserve her challenge to the exclusion of evidence concerning the passenger's criminal history because she did not proffer that proposed evidence. The Court concluded that, because another person was in the vehicle, proximity and vehicle ownership alone did not establish constructive possession beyond a reasonable doubt.