State v. Dawson

Summary

The dissent would uphold the defendant’s conviction for criminal possession of a pistol or revolver, concluding that touch DNA, proximity to the firearm, and evidence that the weapon had recently been placed in the planter sufficiently supported constructive possession. It maintains that the majority improperly reweighed the evidence and failed to give the jury the deference required in sufficiency-of-the-evidence review. The dissent adopts the Appellate Court’s reasoning and rejects the majority’s conclusion that the evidence was insufficient.