WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. BE-201.

489 So.2d 1198 (1986)

Lessie Mae WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Allen, Public Defender, Terry P. Lewis, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Andrea Smith Hillyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

Williams appeals from a conviction for possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. The issue presented on appeal is whether the State failed to make a prima facie case of constructive possession so that, as a matter of law, the question improperly went to the jury. We find Williams' motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted and reverse.

On 19 April 1984, deputies from the Leon County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant...

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