J.M. v. State

J.M. appeals a disposition order adjudicating him delinquent for possession of cocaine. We reverse because the state failed to prove that appellant was in constructive possession of the cocaine.

Appellant was a passenger in a car occupied by two others. The car was parked at night, with its lights on, in a warehouse parking lot adjacent to Boomers Amusement Park. When two deputies of the Bro-ward Sheriffs Office approached the vehicle, it started to move, but then stopped when the deputies turned on their patrol emergency lights. Sergeant Chase walked over to the driver’s side. As he…