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Appeals court hears drug-possession appeal with disputed constructive-possession and prosecutorial-misconduct claims
Summary
Defense argued the evidence and trial conduct were insufficient or prejudicial to support convictions for possession with intent; the Commonwealth said the record supports constructive possession and the jury verdicts.
The panel heard argument in Commonwealth v. Ahmed Shabazz (docket 23P1417), an appeal raising sufficiency-of-the-evidence and prosecutorial-misconduct claims stemming from a multi-defendant search and drug seizure.
Jean Liddy, arguing for Shabazz, said the evidence in the east bedroom'where officers found a scale, a price ledger and drug residue'did not support constructive possession beyond mere presence because multiple people used the house and some contraband was found…
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