E.A.M. v. STATE

No. 95-02644.

684 So.2d 283 (1996)

E.A.M., a minor, Appellant, v. STATE Of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Jennifer Y. Fogle, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tracy L. Martinell, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

E.A.M. appeals from an order of adjudication and disposition for possession of cannabis and argues that the state did not prove that he was in constructive possession of the marijuana. We agree and reverse.

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