Knowledge cases: a driver pulls up at a bridge or checkpoint in a car not registered in his name. Federal Agents find a cache of drugs well hidden in a secret compartment somewhere in the body of the car. When confronted, the driver exclaims, "Drugs in the car I didn't know " Those are the basic facts of a knowledge case. The only issue in the trial of such cases was whether the defendant knew there were drugs in the vehicle at the time he drove...
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