Brown v. Nickle

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• holding evidence was sufficient to establish the defendant’s constructive possession of contraband found, some in plain sight, in an apartment where others had been present
• holding evidence was sufficient to establish constructive possession where police recovered drugs, scales, packaging material, and defendant’s documents in a one-bedroom apartment
• holding evidence was sufficient to prove appellant constructively possessed drugs and packing materials found in his apartment where the contraband was found both in plain view and hidden in living room
• stating that the Commonwealth does not “have to disprove others’ constructive possession of the contraband, or establish which of the others was in joint possession, in order to present legally sufficient evidence” of a defendant’s constructive possession
• finding no merit to Appellant’s suppression, sufficiency, weight and jury instruction issues
• “The Commonwealth may meet its burden of proving a possessory crime by showing actual possession, constructive possession, or joint constructive possession”

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