Wilbourn v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

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• “to establish illegal possession of narcotics the state must prove, not only that the defendant exercised dominion and control over the substance, [but that he] had knowledge of its presence, and had knowledge of its narcotic character” [emphasis added; internal quotation marks omitted]

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