Legal Opinion

Holloman v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 15, 2017No. 4D16-1242Published

1Opinion of the CourtLevine, J.

The issue presented is whether appellant had sufficient knowledge of the presence of a trace amount of cocaine found in a brass fitting, when the fitting by itself *151had legal uses. We find the state presented sufficient evidence that appellant knew of the presence of cocaine since the brass fitting had been altered with copper mesh in order to smoke cocaine, and burnt residue was visible in the device, and finally, the object was found in appellant’s pocket. Based on all these factors, we affirm. We find the other issue appellant raises to be without merit and we affirm on that issue without…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pagan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  2. Jones v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  3. Lupper v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  4. Andrews v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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