United States v. Jesus Ortiz-Ortiz

How courts have described this case

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• holding that reasonable jury could discredit defendant’s improbable explanation of procurement of vehicle and its contents to convict defendant of possession
• noting jury was free to discredit defendant’s explanation of contents of the vehicle he was riding in
• “All who are involved in a joint venture may be found to be in constructive possession of [illegal narcotics].”
• defendants’ conflicting stories supported jury’s conviction for possession of marijuana
• “[A] criminal conviction may be sustained on wholly circumstantial evidence.”
• “[A] criminal conviction may be sustained on wholly circumstantial evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).