Tucker v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
SALARIO, Judge.
Angela Tucker appeals her convictions for possession of paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine. She was found guilty of those offenses after a jury trial and received a one-year sentence on the paraphernalia count and a concurrent five-year sentence on the methamphetamine count. We affirm the conviction on the paraphernalia count without comment. Because the evidence was legally insufficient to establish that Ms. Tucker constructively possessed methamphetamine, however, we are required to reverse the conviction on that count and to direct that the corresponding…
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