People v. Garcia

(Court opinion corrected 6/25/12.) Defendant was convicted of unlawful possession with intent to deliver cocaine and cannabis. Court properly refused to admit into evidence the guilty-plea-based conviction of his co-Defendant, because conviction was not relevant to Defendant's culpability. Possession of contraband can be joint, and evidence of a defendant's possession of drugs does not rule out possession by another defendant. (BURKE, concurring; McLAREN, dissenting.)