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Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCircuitCourtisAffirmed r  _Witt_,J,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichSmith,J.,and_Wedemeyer_,J.,joined. > JosephP._Atnip_,DistrictPublicDefender,Kevin_McAlpin_,AssistantDistrictPublicDefender,Steve  Z _McEwen_,MountainCity,Tennessee,fortheappellant,TimothyE._Higgs_. @ PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneral&Reporter,MarkE.Davidson,AssistantAttorneyGeneral,   ThomasA.Thomas,DistrictAttorneyGeneral,AllenJ._Strawbridge_,Jr.,AssistantDistrictAttorney  General,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee.  @55' OPINION  T     ` Thedefendant,TimothyE._Higgs_,appealsfromthe_Weakley_ԀCountyCircuit  !p! Courtconvictionforpossessionofcontrabandinapenalinstitution,aClassCfelony.SeeTenn. "V" CodeAnn.3916201(1997).Afterbeingconvictedbyajury,thedefendantwassentencedas "<# aRangeIIIpersistentoffenderto10yearsintheDepartmentofCorrection.Hewasalsofined #"$ $1000.Inthisappeal,heallegesthattheevidencewasnotsufficienttosupporthisconviction. $ % Followingareviewoftherecordandthebriefsoftheparties,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrial % & court. &!'  ` Inthelightmostfavorabletothestate,theevidenceattrialdemonstratedthat,on P(#) theafternoonofFebruary28,1999,EricGordon,thejailorforthe_Weakley_ԀCountySheriffs 6)$* Office,wasmakinghisroundsinthe_Weakley_ԀCountyjailwhenheobservedthedefendant *l%+ smokingahomemadecigarettewhileincarceratedinthejail.Gordonsmelledanodorofburning +R&, marijuanaandincense.Helookedthroughthedoorofthedayroomandsawthedefendant +8'-  sittingonabunk,smokingahomemadecigarette.Heaskedthedefendanttobringhimthe ,(. _cigarette,butthedefendantrefused.Thejailortestifiedthatthedefendantjumpedupand  panickedwhenheaskedforthecigarette.Thedefendantbeganthrowingthingsunderthebunk.    ` Thejailordecidedthatitwasnotprudenttoenterthedayroomalone,andheleft b togetassistance.Hereturnedwithanotherdeputy,andtheyfoundthedefendantsmokinga H regular,filteredcigarette.Whenthedefendantactedbelligerently,theyplacedhiminthedrunk . ~ tankandsearchedthedayroom.Thejailordiscoveredthreemarijuanacigarettesunderthebunk  d wherethedefendanthadbeensitting.  J  ` Inthedefendantssoleissue,hechallengesthesufficiencyoftheconvicting    evidence.Whenanaccusedchallengesthesufficiencyoftheevidence,anappellatecourts    standardofreviewiswhether,afterconsideringtheevidenceinthelightmostfavorabletothe   prosecution,anyrationaltrieroffactcouldhavefoundtheessentialelementsofthecrime x  beyondareasonabledoubt.Jacksonv.Virginia,443U.S.307,324,99S.Ct.2781,279192 ^  (1979);Statev.Duncan,698S.W.2d63,67(Tenn.1985);Tenn.R.App.P.13(e).Thisrule D  appliestofindingsofguiltbasedupondirectevidence,circumstantialevidence,oracombination *z  ofdirectandcircumstantialevidence.Statev.Dykes,803S.W.2d250,253(Tenn.Crim.App. ` 1990). F  ` Moreover,acriminaloffensemaybeestablishedexclusivelybycircumstantial  evidence.Statev.Boling,840S.W.2d944,947(Tenn.Crim.App.1992);Duchacv.State,505  S.W.2d237(Tenn.1973);Statev.Jones,901S.W.2d393,396(Tenn.Crim.App.1995);Statev.  Lequire,634S.W.2d608(Tenn.Crim.App.1987).However,beforeanaccusedmaybe t convictedofacriminaloffensebaseduponcircumstantialevidencealone,thefactsand Z circumstances"mustbesostrongandcogentastoexcludeeveryotherreasonablehypothesis @ savetheguiltofthedefendant."Statev.Crawford,225Tenn.478,470S.W.2d610(1971); &v Jones,901S.W.2dat396.Inotherwords,"[a]webofguiltmustbewovenaroundthedefendant  \ fromwhichhecannotescapeandfromwhichfactsandcircumstancesthejurycoulddrawno B otherreasonableinferencesavetheguiltofthedefendantbeyondareasonabledoubt."Crawford, ( 470S.W.2dat613;Statev.McAfee,737S.W.2d304,305(Tenn.Crim.App.1987).   ` Indeterminingthesufficiencyoftheevidence,thiscourtshouldnotreweighor   reevaluatetheevidence.Statev.Matthews,805S.W.2d776,779(Tenn.Crim.App.1990). p!  Questionsconcerningthecredibilityofthewitnesses,theweightandvalueoftheevidence,as V"! wellasallfactualissuesraisedbytheevidenceareresolvedbythetrieroffact.Statev. <#" Cabbage,571S.W.2d832,835(Tenn.1978).Normaythiscourtsubstituteitsinferencesfor "$r# thosedrawnbythetrieroffactfromtheevidence.Liakasv.State,199Tenn.298,305,286 %X $ S.W.2d856,859(1956);Farmerv.State,574S.W.2d49,51(Tenn.Crim.App.1978).Onthe %>!% contrary,thiscourtmustaffordtheStateofTennesseethestrongestlegitimateviewofthe &$"& evidencecontainedintherecordaswellasallreasonableandlegitimateinferenceswhichmaybe ' #' drawnfromtheevidence.Cabbage,571S.W.2dat835. (#(   ` Inthecaseatbar,thedefendantarguesthattheevidencewasnotsufficientto l*%* provethatthedefendantconstructivelypossessedthecontraband.Furthermore,hearguesthat R+&+ theproofwasinsufficienttoshowthatheknowinglyhadtheintentiontoexercisecontrolover  thecontraband.Althoughtheevidenceiscircumstantial,thejurycouldhavefoundtheelements  oftheoffensebeyondareasonabledoubt.Toconvictthedefendant,thestatewasrequiredto | prove(1)knowing(2)possession(3)ofcontraband(4)whilepresentinapenalinstitutionand b (5)withoutexpress,writtenconsent.Tenn.CodeAnn.3916201(a)(2)(1997).Proofthata H possessionisknowingwillusuallydependoninferenceandcircumstantialevidence.SeeUnited . ~ Statesv.Pierre,932F.2d377,392(5thCir.1991);Statev.Brown,915S.W.2d3,7(Tenn.Crim.  d App.1995).Possessionofacontrolledsubstancecanbebasedoneitheractualorconstructive  J possession.Statev.Brown,823S.W.2d576,579(Tenn.Crim.App.1991).Thestatemay  0 establishconstructivepossessionbydemonstratingthatthedefendanthasthepowerand    intentiontoexercisedominionandcontroloverthecontrolledsubstanceeitherdirectlyor    throughothers.Id.Inessence,constructivepossessionistheabilitytoreduceanobjecttoactual   possession.Id.Thatthesubstancepossessedwascontrabandcanbe,andwasinthiscase, x  establishedbydirectevidence.Thedefendantspresenceinapenalinstitutioncanbeestablished ^  bydirectevidence,suchastestimonyofaguardorjailor,asitwasinthecaseatbar.Thelackof D  express,writtenconsentorpermissioncanbeestablishedbycircumstantialevidence,asinthe *z  caseatbarwherethejailorwasattemptingtopreventtheuseofdrugsinthejail. `  ` Thejurycouldhavefoundthefirsttwoelementsbyinferencefromthetestimony , regardingthejailorssmellingmarijuanaashewalkedtowardthedayroom,thedefendantbeing  discoveredsmokingahomemadecigaretteandhisconductuponbeingdiscovered,andthatthe  contrabandwasdiscoveredunderthedefendantsbunk.Thedefendantarguesthattherewere  twelvetofourteenothersintheroom,includinganotherpersonthatwaslyingonthebunkunder t whichthecontrabandwasfound.However,thedefendantwasmorethanjustpresentinthearea Z wherethedrugswerefound.SeeBrown,915S.W.2dat8;Harrisv.Blackburn,646F.2d904, @ 906(5thCir.1981).Thedrugswerefoundunderthedefendantsbunk,whichhewassitting &v upon,andthejailortestifiedthatthedefendant,uponbeingdiscoveredsmokingahomemade  \ cigarette,threwthingsunderhisbunkandrefusedtocooperatewiththejailor.Whenthejailor B returnedwithassistance,thedefendantbecameaggressiveandhadtoberemovedfromtheday ( roombeforeasearchoftheroomcouldbeperformed.Theproofpresentedattrial,which  consistedmostlyofthedefendantsactions,issufficiently strongandcogentastoexcludeevery  otherreasonablehypothesissavetheguiltofthedefendant.Crawford,225Tenn.at484,470   S.W.2dat613;Jones,901S.W.2dat396. p!   ` Thedefendantpointsoutthatthetrialcourtwasconcernedaboutthesufficiency <#" oftheevidenceandthatthetrialcourtquestionedwhetherthestatecouldlinkthecontrabandto "$r# thedefendant.However,wenotethatthetrialcourtexpressedthisconcernearlyinthetrial, %X $ whilethefirstwitnesswasstilltestifying.Further,thetrialcourtdeniedthedefendantsmotion %>!% forjudgmentofacquittal,deniedthedefendantsmotionfornewtrial,andfulfilleditsdutiesas &$"& thethirteenthjuror.SeeTenn.R.Crim.P.29(motionforjudgmentofacquittal);Tenn.R.Crim. ' #' P.33(motionforanewtrial);Tenn.R.Crim.P.33(f)(thirteenthjurorrule).Accordingly,we (#( concludethatthedefendantsrelianceuponthetrialcourtsconcernatanearlystageofthetrial )$) ismisplaced. l*%*  ` Basedupontheforegoingreasons,%  Ԁthejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.