Hamilton v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, J. *

Shelby Ann Hamilton (Hamilton), appellant, was convicted in a bench trial of possession of cocaine and was sentenced to three years imprisonment, suspended, with fifteen days to serve. On appeal, Hamilton contends that the evidence was insufficient to prove that she knowingly and intentionally possessed the cocaine. We disagree and affirm her conviction.

When considering the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal of a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, granting to it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom.…