AMATO v. STATE

No. 73-1325.

296 So.2d 609 (1974)

Robert AMATO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis S. Kimler, Miami Beach, Manuel W. James, Key West, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and J. Robert Olian, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before CARROLL and HENDRY, JJ., and GOBBIE, EVELYN, Associate Judge.


GOBBIE, EVELYN, Associate Judge.

This appeal stems from a jury conviction of felony possession of marijuana in the form of hashish, a resin extracted from the Cannabis Sativa, L. plant, commonly known as marijuana. Hashish, as the evidence brought out during the trial, is a concentrated form of marijuana.

We are concerned with two issues:

1. Whether there was sufficient, competent evidence to sustain the defendant's conviction of constructive possession...

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