· 2/23/1940
Protests 383814-G of Central Madeira Corp.
Citations
- 4 Cust. Ct. 401
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- concluding that when law enforcement officers seize narcotics from jointly occupied premises the defendant's status as a resident or lessee, standing alone, creates no inference of guilt
- determining that there was insufficient evidence to support marijuana possession conviction since the only evidence offered by State was that the defendant was the lessee of the premises where marijuana was found
- evidence held insufficient to support defendant’s conviction of possession for sale of narcotics found in the living room, dining room, and kitchen of a house that he occupied with three other persons
- evidence held insufficient to support defendant's conviction of possession for sale of narcotics found in the living room, dining room, and kitchen of a house that he occupied with three other persons
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Judges: Tilson
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