1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 784 So.2d
  5. 784 So.2d 462 (2001)
 

GILCHRIST v. STATE

No. 3D00-743.

784 So.2d 462 (2001)

Maurice GILCHRIST, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Godfrey, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Fredericka Sands, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and GODERICH, JJ.

COPE, J.

Maurice Gilchrist appeals his conviction for possession of heroin. We conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient and reverse the judgment.

At the time of defendant-appellant Gilchrist's arrest, he had a plastic baggie which contained specks of heroin. The entire weight, including the baggie, weighed less than one-tenth of a gram. Defendant was convicted of possession of heroin, a felony, and appeals.

In Lord v. State...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases