Bradley v. State

This case turns on whether the State proved that Allen Bradley, who was already a felon, constructively possessed a Glock semiautomatic 9 mm pistol on 16 February 2017 in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-103(c)(1)(A) (Repl. 2016). A police officer found a gun inside a cardboard box that was either near or within a shed approximately twenty yards from where Bradley was arrested in the backyard of a jointly occupied house. After a bench trial, the circuit court convicted Bradley of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court sentenced Bradley to twenty years' imprisonment in the…