GILCHRIST v. STATE

No. 3D00-743.

784 So.2d 624 (2001)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Miami, Public Defender and Andrew Stanton, 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.


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

We grant the state's motion for rehearing of our previous reversal and, upon reconsideration after oral argument, now affirm the judgment below. As accurately portrayed by Judge Cope, the facts of the case obviously implicate and require the interpretation of the various Florida cases as to when a possession conviction may properly be based on an unmeasurably tiny quantity of contraband. See Lord v...

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