Legal Opinion

W.B.M. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 17, 1984No. 82-1652PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Where a juvenile was arrested for having a misdemeanor amount of marijuana on his person, and an additional felony amount of marijuana was found in the rear of the police cruiser after the juvenile had been transported to a detention center, there was a single offense for which he could not be twice prosecuted. See Jackson v. State, 418 So.2d 456 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); see also Blockburger ¶. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 52 S.Ct. 180, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932). After a delinquency adjudication for possession of the misdemeanor amount of marijuana, the constitutional proscription against double…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Jackson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Deltoro v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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