Hudson v. State

I respectfully dissent because the record supports the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal.

I agree with- the majority that proof of the defendant’s guilt is based on constructive possession of the shotgun and circumstantial evidence. A number of the cases cited' by the majority involve fact patterns of joint occupants of a. vehicle where contraband is found in the passenger compartment of a vehicle, which I do-not find to be particularly helpful in resolving the instant case in which contraband was found in the trunk of a rental car.

Because the car was…