Hawkins v. State

Webb, Judge.

Joseph Hawkins was convicted of possessing more than one ounce of marijuana (Code Ann. §§ 79A-811 (j), 79A-9917), and he now enumerates as error the general grounds of the motion for new trial and the sustaining of an objection to his testimony that he had never smoked a cigarette nor taken a drink of liquor. We affirm.

1. The evidence reveals that Hawkins rented and controlled the room where the marijuana was found, thus authorizing a finding of constructive possession. "In the absence of any circumstances to the contrary, a presumption arises from proof of ownership and control…