Gillis v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the offender must be “aware of the presence and character of the particular substance and . . . intentionally and consciously in possession of it”
• upholding trial court finding that co-occupants of apartment jointly possessed hash pipe and marijuana which was found in open view in area shared by both occupants
• occupancy of premises as a co-tenant is a factor to be considered with other evidence in determining whether a defendant had constructive possession of contraband
• physical possession giving defendant immediate and exclusive control is sufficient to establish possession of a controlled substance
• “[t]o establish possession of a controlled substance, it generally is necessary to show that the defendant was aware of the presence and character of the particular substance and was intentionally and consciously in possession of it”
• “To establish possession of a controlled substance, it generally is necessary to show that the defendant was aware of the presence and character of the particular substance and was intentionally and consciously in possession of it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).