J.S. v. State

J.S. appeals his adjudication of delinquency for the offense of possession of a misdemeanor amount of cannabis, and the special condition of community control imposed by the court that J.S. stay away from “negative peers.” We find unmeritorious defendant’s claim of error in his adjudication of delinquency. It is not necessary for the state to prove the identification of marijuana by chemical or scientific means. Pama v. State, 552 So.2d 309 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989); A.A. v. State, 461 So.2d 165 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). An officer with adequate experience in the narcotics field and marijuana in…