Commonwealth v. Stembridge

ROWLEY, Judge:

In this appeal from the judgment of sentence of three to six years imprisonment that was imposed following his conviction on charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver, and possession of drug paraphernalia, appellant Earnest Ray Stembridge raises a single issue: whether the evidence of his constructive possession of the contraband was sufficient to sustain the verdict.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of sentence.

The events surrounding appellant’s arrest are crucial to his argument on appeal. On June 18, 1988, at…