J.A.C. v. State

J.A.C. was the passenger in a car stopped by an officer for a traffic infraction. The officer noted the odor of marijuana and that the driver’s eyes were glassy and bloodshot. Pursuant to the driver’s consent, the officer searched the car. The officer found marijuana residue strewn throughout the car and a bag containing marijuana residue under the driver’s seat. In an ash tray on the front passenger’s door, next to which J.A.C. had been sitting, the officer found a “small marijuana roach cigar butt.” J.A.C. was charged with possession of the marijuana found in the ash tray.

Since J.A.C. was…