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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7724587" data-attributes="member: 6873517"><p>Law rarely talks about the process of how something happened and focuses on things that can be proven or disproven by evidence. Possession, for instance, doesn't require that you &quot;own&quot; something. It does usually require that you know you have something, though that's likely to be an issue if you ever get involved with the legal system. If I give you a closed up bag that happens to have illegal drugs in it and you're arrested the fact that the drugs are &quot;mine&quot; not &quot;yours&quot; is irrelevant to whether you possess them. It's going to hinge on whether you could be reasonably said to know that there are drugs in the bag. For instance, if the drugs are carefully concealed in the bottom of a larger bag and there is evidence you had just got it then you may be able to claim that you didn't &quot;knowingly possess&quot; the drugs. (Caveat: IANAL but many years ago I was a juror on a trial that hinged on this point and thus had it explained in detail by lawyers.)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7724587, member: 6873517"] Law rarely talks about the process of how something happened and focuses on things that can be proven or disproven by evidence. Possession, for instance, doesn't require that you "own" something. It does usually require that you know you have something, though that's likely to be an issue if you ever get involved with the legal system. If I give you a closed up bag that happens to have illegal drugs in it and you're arrested the fact that the drugs are "mine" not "yours" is irrelevant to whether you possess them. It's going to hinge on whether you could be reasonably said to know that there are drugs in the bag. For instance, if the drugs are carefully concealed in the bottom of a larger bag and there is evidence you had just got it then you may be able to claim that you didn't "knowingly possess" the drugs. (Caveat: IANAL but many years ago I was a juror on a trial that hinged on this point and thus had it explained in detail by lawyers.) [/QUOTE]

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