U.S. v. Gonzalez

Record contained sufficient evidence to support jury’s guilty verdict on drug possession charges under circumstances where drugs were found in lining of cooler in co-defendant’s home, at time when both co-defendant and defendant were present. Jury could properly find that defendant had constructive possession/control over said drugs, where: (1) defendant paid rent for said apartment; (2) recorded telephone calls contained defendant’s conversations with co-defendant about shipment of drugs and about defendant’s arrival next day after said shipment; (3) co-defendant told informant that drugs had arrived, and that defendant would be arriving that same day, when co-defendant sold informant half-pound of methamphetamine; and (4) police discovered drugs in co-defendant’s apartment next day, as well as discarded packaging that tied drugs in apartment with half-pound of drugs delivered by co-defendant to informant. Informant also testified that he was required to do business with defendant through co-defendant.