Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 24, 2003No. 2D02-4245PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

857 So.2d 969 (2003)

Freddie JONES, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D02-4245.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 24, 2003.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Carol J.Y. Wilson, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah Fraim Hogge, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

CANADY, Judge.

Jones appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine. Because the trial court fundamentally erred by failing to instruct the jury that knowledge of the illicit nature of the substance…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. DelvaSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  4. Chicone v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  5. Norman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  4. Cazeau v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
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