Pacheco v. State

Appellant was found guilty, on circumstantial evidence, of possessing more than 100 pounds of cannabis. We reverse be*1309cause the record evidence connecting Pacheco to the marijuana in this case is fatally deficient.

On Thanksgiving Day 1977, a Fernandina Police Department patrolman investigated a reported burning boat at Ft. Clinch State Park. When he arrived at the scene, three men were sitting on the end of the boardwalk about 150 yards from the vessel, which was anchored some 30 feet off shore. The officer also observed a dinghy beached between the boat and the boardwalk.

The boat proved to…