What evidence was introduced and submitted to the jury on the theories that appellant was guilty of possession, on each of the four counts under which she stands?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Yoshimura, 154 Cal.Rptr. 314, 91 Cal.App.3d 609 (Cal. App. 1979):

The People's evidence was introduced and submitted to the jury on the theories that appellant was guilty of possession, on each of the four counts, as a principal or as an aider and abettor; and she and the codefendants had engaged in an uncharged conspiracy pertinent to the possession charged in each count. Without reference to the element of conspiracy at this point, we first state that the evidence clearly supports the inferences that she was in actual or constructive possession of the articles charged in the three counts under which she stands convicted; that it also shows that she had knowledge of the nature and character of the articles; and that it accordingly supports her convictions in these respects. 7 (See People v. Redrick (1961) 55 Cal.2d 282, 285-288, 10 Cal.Rptr. 823, 359 P.2d 255 and cases there cited; 2 Witkin, California Crimes (1963) 689-692, 774, 779-780.)

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