United States v. Glen Ray Birmley

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• finding that the indictment was 'sufficiently specific so that a bill of particulars was not required'
• affirming a driver’s possession of guns in a car’s trunk because he had a key to access the trunk
• affirming constructive possession where the defendant was occupying the driver’s seat of the vehicle and the trunk key was found in his watch pocket
• all applying federal standards in reviewing federal criminal convictions involving constructive possession
• all applying federal standards in reviewing federal criminal convictions involving constructive possession
• although the evidence was sufficient to link the owner of the vehicle and the driver to the guns in the trunk, a third defendant, who was merely present in the vehicle, was not in possession of the contraband

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).