JUPIN v. STATE

No. 93-04277.

664 So.2d 1031 (1995)

Jeorgie JUPIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Pallas of George T. Pallas, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

Jeorgie Jupin challenges his conviction for possession of marijuana on double jeopardy grounds and on the grounds that the state failed to prove constructive possession of the drugs. As will be explained below, our reversal based on the prohibition against double jeopardy makes it unnecessary to address Jupin's point based on the sufficiency of the evidence at trial.

The state charged Jupin with possession of marijuana on the grounds...

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