STATE v. OXX

No. 81-990.

417 So.2d 287 (1982)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Edward OXX, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mark Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


COWART, Judge.

This case involves the claim that section 951.22, Florida Statutes, which makes it unlawful to introduce into, or possess upon, the grounds of any county detention facility certain contraband items, is unconstitutional because the statute does not explicitly require knowledge of the possession, which is claimed to be a necessary ingredient of an essential element of specific intent.

While appellee was a prisoner in the Orange County correctional...

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