Ithaca Cortland lawyer DRUGS found in same room with you are PRESUMED to be YOURS in New York

DRUGS FOUND IN SAME ROOM AS YOU BY POLICE ARE PRESUMED

TO BE YOURS! 

This New York presumption is known as "CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION."  It applies to both CARS and ROOMS.  

If the Police find drugs out in the open of a room, and cannot figure out who actually owns/uses them, then they have the POWER to charge everybody in that room with POSSESSION of those drugs. 

Presumptions like this need to be fought by your lawyer.  Any evidence to the contrary can help relieve the burden of a legal presumption like this one.  

Basically, this presumption allows police to charge everybody THEN SORT OUT THE TRUTH ...LATER.  

It's not fair, but it is the law in New York.  So it is important to know about it.

BY:  Attorney Mike Cyr 

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