PETERSON v. STATE

No. 4D01-4780.

841 So.2d 661 (2003)

Vicki PETERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

In challenging her conviction for cocaine possession, appellant claims the court erred in failing to grant her motion for judgment of acquittal, as the state failed to introduce the cocaine she possessed into evidence. Because the cocaine was mere residue, and the cocaine pipe with the residue was introduced into evidence, the trial court correctly denied the motion. We therefore affirm.

When an officer retrieved a pipe dropped by appellant while...

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