Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 3, 1983No. 62081PublishedCited by 164 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

428 So.2d 250 (1983)

James Frederick BROWN, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 62081.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 3, 1983.

Jane Kreusler-Walsh, and Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Robert L. Bogen, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

McDONALD, Justice.

In Brown v. State, 412 So.2d 420 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), the district court certified the following questions to this Court:

1. DOES OWNERSHIP AND JOINT OCCUPANCY OF A PREMISES WHERE ILLEGAL DRUGS ARE DISCOVERED IN PLAIN VIEW, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE OWNER, CONSTITUTE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Frank v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
  2. Wale v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  3. Hively v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  4. Taylor v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1973

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3Cited by164 opinions

  1. Chicone v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  2. Mario MacHin v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  3. Dupree v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  4. Jonathon Knight v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  5. State v. WilliamsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

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