Trial on circumstantial evidence for possession of a loaded handgun found beneath the accused's vehicle.
A police officer observed the accused smoking cannabis in a parked car at a motel parking lot, drove past, and saw the accused exit and kneel beside the driver's door before attempting to walk away.
A loaded handgun was subsequently discovered under the vehicle within arm's reach of the driver's door.
No fingerprints attributable to the accused were found and DNA on the firearm belonged to an unknown male.
The court applied the Villaroman framework for circumstantial evidence, rejected defence arguments that the firearm could have been left by someone else, and found the only reasonable inference was that the accused possessed and discarded the firearm upon spotting the officer.
