United States First Circuit

Under 18 USC 842(i)(1), evidence that defendant had a bucket of explosives in back seat of his car after a controlled sale is sufficient for constructive possession of the explosives, even if the undercover officers were still in the car with defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/14/2002
• Published 01/14/2002

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and ZOBEL, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bjorn Lange, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jean B. Weld, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Paul M. Gagnon, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.