PEOPLE v. TRIPP

No. F049845.

60 Cal.Rptr.3d 534 (2007)

151 Cal.App.4th 951

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Lindell Duane TRIPP, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, Fifth District.

June 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Han N. Tran, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Raymond L. Brosterhous II and Judy Kaida, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KANE, J.

We hold that, under the facts of this case, law enforcement's discovery of a small amount of methamphetamine found on a nightstand in a bedroom defendant, Lindell Duane Tripp, shared with his girlfriend, while sufficient to prove his constructive possession of the methamphetamine, is insufficient to prove that defendant knew of its nature as a controlled substance.

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