Legal Opinion

S.E.B. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 14, 2008No. 2D07-5417PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WHATLEY, Judge.

S.E.B. was found delinquent for committing the offenses of possession of more than twenty grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. On appeal, she contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion for judgment of dismissal as to the paraphernalia offense and the possession of a felony amount of marijuana offense, because the State failed to establish she had constructive possession of the illegal contraband. We agree. However, as conceded by S.E.B. in her brief, because there was sufficient, competent evidence to support a conviction for the necessarily…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hively v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  2. Green v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. Wagner v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  4. Manning v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  5. K.A.K. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Wynn v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

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