Knight v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtLawson, J.
Jonathon Knight appeals from his conviction on a single charge of possession of cannabis (more than 20 grams), arguing that the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal. Reviewing the matter de novo, see Pagan v. State, 830 So.2d 792, 803 (Fla.2002), we affirm. Although Knight’s argument finds support in opinions from other districts applying a “special” circumstantial evidence standard,1 we disagree with the way that standard has been used in those cases on similar facts. For this reason, we certify conflict with Evans v. State, 32 So.3d 188 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010);…
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2Cases cited60 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Paulson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Pagan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Jonathon Knight v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
- Jennings v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
- Kemp v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
- Tate v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
- Joshua Antwan Meeks v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
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