MOUNDS v. STATE

No. 4D99-3043.

778 So.2d 514 (2001)

Alvin MOUNDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Claudine M. LaFrance, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, C.J.

Appellant challenges his convictions for trafficking in cocaine on one date, and possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia on another date. He claims that he was entitled to a judgment of acquittal on the possession charges because the state never proved his constructive possession of the contraband. We agree and reverse. He also argues that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of general drug dealing behavior in connection with...

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