TANKSLEY v. STATE

No. 75-508.

332 So.2d 76 (1976)

Brandon TANKSLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, Bartow, and Douglas A. Wallace, Assistant Public Defender, Bradenton, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


HOBSON, Judge.

Brandon Tanksley challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction for possession of heroin.

Apparently in response to an informant's tip relayed to them by radio, two uniformed St. Petersburg police officers went to the Little Club Tavern. Adjacent to the tavern was a litter-strewn, unpaved, parking lot measuring approximately 30 yards by 20 yards. Approximately ten to twenty people were on the lot when the officers arrived...

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