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THE VERDICT FINDING DEFENDANT CONSTRUCTIVELY POSSESSED DRUGS FOUND IN HIS SISTER’S APARTMENT WAS AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE (THIRD DEPT). ​

The Third Department, reversing defendant’s drug-possession conviction, determined the jury’s conclusion defendant constructively possessed the drugs was against the weight of the evidence:

… [V]iewing the evidence in a neutral light and weighing the relative probative force of the proof, the jury’s determination that defendant constructively possessed the crack cocaine was not supported by the weight of the evidence. The crack cocaine was not discovered in the same room as defendant or near him. Indeed, the officer testified on cross-examination that he did not find any drugs near defendant. Rather, the crack cocaine was found in the north bedroom, i.e., his sister’s bedroom. There was no proof indicating that any of defendant’s personal belongings were in the north bedroom … . Moreover, the crack cocaine was not seen in open view but instead underneath a pile of female clothes. Even accepting that defendant was a daily visitor to his sister’s apartment, the proof does not establish that he resided there or that he exercised any dominion or control over any part of it … . People v Cota, 2021 NY Slip Op 06574, Third Dept 11-24-21

 

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