United States v. Donald E. McCracken Ii, United States of America v. Donald E. McCracken III

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• holding that a person has constructive possession if she has “dominion over the premises in which the contraband is concealed”
• finding constructive possession where the defendant lived in the apartment where drugs were found, and law enforcement found drugs and some of the defendant’s possessions in the same room
• testimony of defendant and his daughter that defendant lived at the residence and evidence of personal items with defendant's nickname on them were recovered from rooms where drugs were discovered
• testimony of defendant and his daughter that defendant lived at the residence and evidence of personal items with defendant's nickname on them were recovered from rooms where drugs were discovered
• \Proof of constructive possession is sufficient to satisfy the element of knowing possession.\
• if person has dominion over premises where contraband is concealed, constructive possession established

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).