JILES v. STATE

No. 2D07-489.

984 So.2d 622 (2008)

Derrick JILES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CANADY, Judge.

Derrick Jiles appeals his judgment for possession of marijuana. Jiles contends that the circuit court erred in denying his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.380(a) motion for judgment of acquittal, which was based on a claim that the evidence was insufficient to establish constructive possession by Jiles. For the reasons we explain, we affirm.

The evidence at trial established that the marijuana was located in openings in the driver's door...

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