BROWN v. STATE

No. 5D99-3295.

766 So.2d 485 (2000)

Wilbert BROWN, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Alexander Scarlett, III, DeLand, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patrick W. Krechowski, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


HARRIS, J.

Brown was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic infraction. When Brown opened the glove compartment to retrieve the vehicle registration, the officers observed a handgun and ordered all occupants to vacate the vehicle. Gainous, the back seat passenger, fled the scene. In searching for additional weapons, the officers discovered 154 grams of cocaine. Gainous, who had subsequently been apprehended, testified at trial that Brown had thrown the cocaine...

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