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Criminal Law: Unregistered Firearm-Constructive Possession-Sufficiency of Evidence
Staff Report//February 25, 2019//
Criminal Law: Unregistered Firearm-Constructive Possession-Sufficiency of Evidence
Staff Report//February 25, 2019//
Listen to this articleWhere police found an unregistered firearm in a duffle bag in a bedroom closet at defendant’s parent’s home, evidence that the defendant stayed in the room when visiting and had clothes there, and that a train ticket in his name was in the bag was sufficient to find that he constructively possessed the weapon, so the judgment is affirmed.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. White (MLW No. 72770/Case No. 18-2233 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Ketchmark, J. (Rebecca L. Kurz, Kansas City, Missouri, argued for appellant) (Jeffrey Q. McCarther, Kansas City, Missouri, argued for appellee).
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