Court Opinion

ID: 9649929
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 15:14:29.986738+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:16.008411
License: Public Domain

TAMILIA, Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent to the holding by the majority that the evidence was insufficient to establish constructive possession by appellant of drugs and drug paraphernalia found in the basement of appellant’s apartment complex. The possession of a key to the padlock on the door of the basement, coupled with overwhelming proof of appellant’s involvement in the sale of drugs, with no countervailing *116proof that any other person in the apartment complex had a key to the lock, requires that we affirm the findings made by the suppression judge. The Commonwealth properly maintains this evidence was sufficient to establish dominion and control by appellant over the drugs found in the basement.
I would affirm judgment of sentence.