Watson v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

Charles Watson was charged by indictment with possession of marijuana. A jury found him guilty and the court has pronounced judgment upon the verdict. By this appeal he contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction. For the reasons hereafter discussed we believe that the judgment must be reversed.

The police, armed with a search warrant, entered Watson’s home and discovered 17 marijuana seeds weighing but a fraction of a gram scattered on the floor in the bedroom occupied by his two teen-age daughters. No other marijuana was found in the…