HAMPTON v. STATE

No. 94-01906.

662 So.2d 992 (1995)

Silas Edward HAMPTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John C. Fisher, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann P. Corcoran, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


FRANK, Judge.

Silas Hampton appeals from a judgment convicting him of possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. We reverse only the conviction for possession of marijuana, because of the State's failure to establish the elements supporting a constructive possession of contraband. We affirm the other convictions.

Emergency personnel responded to Hampton's trailer home when his wife suffered a seizure rendering her...

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