HARRIS v. STATE

No. 85-1253.

501 So.2d 735 (1987)

Jeffrey William HARRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Ordonez, Friend & Fleck and Geoffrey C. Fleck and Dean M. Gettis, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Donald Loughran, Certified Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

The evidence adduced in support of the charge that this eighteen-year-old defendant trafficked in cocaine by selling or delivering it, or aiding or abetting its sale, or actually or constructively possessing it, is woefully inadequate to establish his guilt of anything except perhaps keeping very bad company or, to paraphrase him, "going along for the ride." Accordingly, we reverse the defendant's conviction and direct that he be discharged...

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