J.G. v. State

J.G. appeals the trial court’s judgment of delinquency based upon his possession of marijuana. He claims the evidence showed only proximity to the drug and not possession. We agree and reverse.

At the adjudicatory hearing, Officer Francis Hoeflinger stated that he stopped a person for riding a bicycle without required lights one evening. While he wa.s interviewing that person, J.G. drove by riding on the handlebars of another bicycle while a boy pedaled. The bicycle had no lights, so they were stopped, as well. J.G. jumped off the front of the bicycle and Hoeflinger observed a white piece of…