WOODS v. STATE

No. 2D99-3995.

765 So.2d 255 (2000)

Jermaine WOODS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Carol J.Y. Wilson, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and John M. Klawikofsky, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PARKER, Acting Chief Judge.

Jermaine Woods challenges his conviction for possession of cocaine following a nonjury trial. Because the State failed to prove constructive possession, we reverse and remand with directions to the trial court to dismiss the case.

At Woods' nonjury trial, Officer Gandy of the Clearwater Police Department testified that he pulled his marked cruiser behind Woods' car after Woods and his passenger drove the wrong way on a street posted...

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