State v. Weller

The defendant was convicted of the unlawful possession of marijuana. The Court of Appeals affirmed, State v. Weller, 9 Or App 431, 496 P2d 735 (1972), and we granted the petition for review.

The only issue is whether there was sufficient evidence that the defendant had possession of the marijuana.

There was evidence that the defendant lived in a bedroom on the second story of a residence. The defendant had no other relationship to the residence. Two other bedrooms, which were unoccupied, were on the second floor of the residence. There was also evidence that a man and another woman lived some…