In what circumstances will a defendant be charged with possessing a controlled substance?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Lloyd, 186 Cal.Rptr.3d 245, 236 Cal.App.4th 49 (Cal. App. 2015):

In People v. Mosby, supra, 33 Cal.4th 353, 15 Cal.Rptr.3d 262, 92 P.3d 841, the defendant was charged with selling cocaine. The information alleged he had suffered a prior conviction for possessing a controlled substance. (Id. at p. 356, 15 Cal.Rptr.3d 262, 92 P.3d 841.) Trial on the prior conviction allegation was bifurcated from the trial on the substantive offense. (Id. at p. 357, 15 Cal.Rptr.3d 262, 92 P.3d 841.) Immediately after the jury

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