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PURIFOY v. STATE

No. 51273.

359 So.2d 446 (1978)

John Lee PURIFOY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and A.S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

ENGLAND, Justice.

A panel of judges in the First District Court of Appeal has ruled,1 contrary to the Second, Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeal,2 and another panel in the same court,3 that a person charged with the crime of possessing more than five grams of cannabis (marijuana) has the burden of proving that the physical evidence used against him to establish the crime...

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