C.M. v. STATE

No. 2D99-2358.

754 So.2d 801 (2000)

C.M., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Bruce P. Taylor, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jenny S. Sieg, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

While C.M.'s family was cleaning a residence in anticipation of moving into it, someone found a plastic baggie containing marijuana under a bed in the bedroom that C.M. and his brother were to occupy. C.M.'s mother turned the contraband over to the police. On this evidence alone, C.M. was charged, tried, and adjudicated delinquent for marijuana possession. We reverse because the evidence was legally insufficient to prove his guilt.

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