Matter of Akeson v. Incorporated Vil. of Asharoken

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• noting that constructive possession “need not be exclusive but may be joint”
• examining various cases and concluding that most state courts do not consider such statements to be testimonial.
• holding similarly in the context of felon-in-possession conviction
• noting that joint, nonexclusive possession is sufficient
• collecting additional cases and noting that “this court has held that discoveries of a firearm in a master bedroom closet of the defendant’s residence, and in a dresser by the defendant’s bed, sufficed to support a felon-in-possession conviction on a constructive-possession theory”
• collecting additional cases and noting that “this court has held that discoveries of a firearm in a master bedroom closet of the defendant’s residence, and in a dresser by the defendant’s bed, sufficed to support a felon-in-possession conviction on a constructive-possession theory”

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