United States First Circuit

Sentence enhancement based on circumstantial evidence which attributed constructive possession of six Molotov cocktails to defendant, is affirmed where, although the government offered no direct evidence that he possessed the Molotov cocktails, given the quality and quantity of the circumstantial evidence here, the sentencing court's constructive possession finding was not clearly erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/03/29

Judges

• SELYA

Court

• United States First Circuit

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