Rowse v. Johnson

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• holding, in a drug trafficking case, that the trial court must not charge the jury that actual knowledge of the presence of a drug is strong evidence of a defendant's intent to control its disposition or use
• concluding, in a drug trafficking case, that the trial court may not charge the jury that actual knowledge of the presence of a drug is strong evidence of a defendant's intent to control its disposition or use
• \[C]harging a jury that 'actual knowledge of the presence of a drug is strong evidence of intent to control its disposition or use' unduly emphasizes that evidence[] and deprives the jury of its prerogative both to draw inferences and to weigh evidence.\

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