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Criminal Law : Constructive Possession – Exclusive Control – Sufficiency Of Evidence
Stephanie Maniscalco//September 7, 2018//
Criminal Law : Constructive Possession – Exclusive Control – Sufficiency Of Evidence
Stephanie Maniscalco//September 7, 2018//
Listen to this articleWhere a defendant, who rented a house with his brother, asked their landlord to install a lock on his door and officers had to force the door open, the evidence was sufficient for a reasonable juror to find that the bedroom and safe in the bedroom were under the defendant’s exclusive control, so he had constructive possession of the items found within, and the convictions on drug charges are affirmed.
Judgment is affirmed.
State v. Shockley (MLW No. 72029/Case No. ED105757 -5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Cape Girardeau County, Syler, J. (Ellen H. Flottman for appellant) (Dora A. Fichter for respondent).
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