State v. Rhodes

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant's convictions for criminal possession of a firearm and having a weapon in a motor vehicle. It held that circumstantial evidence supported the jury's finding that the defendant constructively possessed the firearm, including her control of the vehicle, proximity to the weapon, flight, relationship with the shooter, and participation in transporting him. The court also concluded that the weapon-in-a-vehicle conviction was supported even under the defendant's proposed interpretation requiring knowing possession, and found no reversible instructional or plain error.