Md Court of Special Appeals Affirms Passenger's Drug Convictions, 8- 4

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The sum total of circumstantial evidence presented at trial supported a reasonable inference that a man who was riding in a car with friends was guilty of possessing and planning to sell marijuana, the full Court of Special Appeals has held.

Eight of the 12 judges voted to affirm a lower court decision, which found James Bradley Larocca possessed a bag of marijuana found just below the front passenger seat he occupied in a friend's car in January 2003.

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Md Court of Special Appeals Affirms Passenger's Drug Convictions, 8- 4

The facts, when viewed in combination, permitted a reasonable inference that [Larocca] knew of the presence of the bag of marijuana, and its illicit character, and exercised domain and control over...

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