United States v. Jose Rafael Penagos

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• finding no constructive possession although the defendant, according to the government, both acted as the lookout for drug conspirators as cocaine was loaded into the trunk of a car and accompanied a co-defendant to the site of a drug deal
• conspiracy conviction reversed despite evidence that defendant was at crime scene scanning up and down the street
• conspiracy conviction reversed despite evidence that defendant was at crime scene scanning up and down the street
• presence of defendant at time of cocaine delivery and possible actions as lookout insufficient to convict of conspiracy or possession with intent to distribute
• \Even if defendant acted as security and lookout ... these actions do not indicate that he had dominion or control over cocaine.\
• insufficient evidence to support possession convictions where no evidence that defendant owned or leased any of the apartments or cars where cocaine was found

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