STEVENS v. STATE

No. 5D00-1991.

782 So.2d 550 (2001)

Johnny L. STEVENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Scott Ragan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Angela D. McCravy, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


COBB, J.

The appellant, Johnny L. Stevens, was tried and convicted of possession of cocaine. He raises three issues on appeal: (1) denial of his pretrial motion to suppress; (2) failure of the state to show possession; and (3) failure of the state to prove knowledge of the substance in question.

The facts are not in dispute. Two police officers on patrol in a "high crime area" saw two men, Stevens and Berry, run...

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