Wiley v. Lard

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that evidence was sufficient to establish constructive possession where officer saw Hutchinson “walk to a pavilion and place his hand in the rafters where Officer Wise later recovered the crack cocaine”
• recognizing factors suggesting possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance include possession of a loaded handgun, packaging, and quantity of U.S. currency
• stating, “A motion for judgment of acquittal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction on a particular charge.”
• finding sufficient evidence of constructive possession where defendant observed counting money in park at night, reaching in beams of pavilion where cocaine was secreted, and fleeing when he noticed officers approaching
• stating Commonwealth may sustain it burden “by means of wholly circumstantial evidence”
• “A motion for judgment of acquittal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction on a particular charge, and is granted only in cases in which the Commonwealth has failed to carry its burden regarding that charge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).