Legal Question in Criminal Law in Colorado
If i was driveing someone elses car and drugs were found in the car can i be responable
Asked on 9/03/13, 6:25 am
2 Answers from Attorneys
Damon Cassens
Waters, Kubik, and Cassens
"Knowing possession" is the legal standard.
That being said, as a practical matter, every police department in the state will charge you with the possession, the DA's office will assume you knew, and both will leave it up to the courts to sort out.
Answered on 9/03/13, 6:54 am
Marc Milavitz
The Alternative Law Office of Marc Milavitz
Possession requires 3 elements, which are 1) there were drugs in the car, 2) you knew there were drugs in the car and 3) you had control over them. The question always is, did you know about the presence of the drugs?
Answered on 9/03/13, 8:57 am
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