Adderly v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
The appellant pled nolo to a charge of theft of a motor vehicle, reserving the present challenge to the denial of his sworn motion to dismiss under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.190(c)(4). We affirm.
Two policemen found Adderly sleeping on the back seat of an automobile which *575had been recently taken from its owner, Metropolitan Dade County. On the rear floorboard, they discovered his hat and, next to it, the keys to the vehicle. The presence of those keys established that Adderly was in control and therefore in possession of the car itself, see Shank v. State, 154 Ind.App. 147, 289…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
- Wells v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
- R. A. L. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Shank v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1972
- P.N. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
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- Rivers v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013