SOWELL v. STATE

No. 96-1317.

738 So.2d 333 (1998)

George SOWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Daniel, Panama City, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant challenges a judgment entered upon a finding that he was guilty of cultivating marijuana, and argues that he should have been allowed to pursue the medical necessity defense recognized in Jenks v. State, 582 So.2d 676 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 589 So.2d 292 (Fla. 1991). We conclude that this defense remains viable under the limited circumstances described in Jenks, and that the trial...

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