Brooks v. State

ERVIN, Judge.

Appellant argues that he cannot legally be convicted for possession of contraband by a prisoner in violation of Section 944.-47(l)(c), Florida Statutes, because the state failed to prove that he had possession of the contraband while on the grounds of a state correctional institution. Concluding that the above statute proscribes inmate possession of contraband, regardless of whether an inmate is in fact within a correctional facility, we affirm.

Section 944.47(l)(c) provides:

It is unlawful for any inmate of any state correctional institution or any person while upon the grounds of…