Thomas is sharing a room with his college roommate John. The police raided the room on campus and found narcotics in a trunk belong to Thomas. Thomas claims that it is not his and that he knows nothing about the narcotics
What presumptions would the prosecutor use in an attempt to prove that the possession was with Thomas's knowledge?
There is a presumption that when substance has been found on their persons, in their presence or custody, or in an area over which they have control of that the defendant had knowledge of it. Since it was found in Thomas's truck the court could assume that he had control of the place where it was found. He would need to establish that he did not know that it was there.
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