SKELTON v. STATE

No. 91-03581.

609 So.2d 716 (1992)

Kerry Lance SKELTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Stephen Krosschell, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PARKER, Judge.

We reverse the conviction of Kerry Lance Skelton for possession of cocaine and direct his discharge because there was insufficient evidence that he possessed cocaine.

The following evidence was offered at trial. Police officers stopped the car in which Skelton was a passenger. The officer ordered Skelton to exit the car. The officer found a plastic baggie containing cocaine residue partially hidden under the passenger seat near where Skelton...

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