WI · jury_instructions
Wis JI-Criminal 920
Possession
"Possession" means that the defendant knowingly1 had actual physical control of the
item.
[An item is (also) in a person's possession if it is in an area over which the person has
control and the person intends to exercise control over the item.] 2
[It is not required that a person own an item in order to possess it. What is required is
that the person exercise control over the item.]
[Possession may be shared with another person. If a person exercises control over an
item, that item is in his possession, even though another person may also have similar
control.] 3
History
Wis JI-Criminal 920 (2000). Release No. 38, 4/2000. © 2000, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Criminal Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
8935bb3cee70792f1a68608097cd8badc210da71ed62364c8cb81977c941000b
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