Oregon Supreme Court· 9/10/1964

State v. Miller

Citations

395 P.2d 159
238 Or. 411
1964 Ore. LEXIS 447

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holding that a driver’s knowledge that there are “concealable weapons in the car, available for the driver’s use, is evidence of possession”
indicating that either a driver or a passenger might have a weapon concealed in a car under that person's \custody or control\
indicating that either a driver or a passenger might have a weapon concealed in a car under that person’s “custody or control”
evidence sufficient to support conviction where defendant was found driving a car with a gun that was “obvious[ly]” sticking out from under the front seat
presence of weapons in glove compartment of car the defendant was driving held to be “particularly strong” circumstantial evidence of driver’s possession
“Knowledge by the driver of a car that there are concealable weapons in the car, available for the driver’s use, is evidence of possession, custody or control of such weapons.”

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Judges: McAllister, Perry, O'Connell, Denecke, Lusk

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