RAWLINGS v. STATE

No. 4D07-3018.

979 So.2d 1238 (2008)

Byron RAWLINGS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, Dea Abramschmitt, Assistant Public Defender, and Jonathan Dodson, Certified Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, J.

Appellant Byron Rawlings appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal, asserting the State failed to prove the intent element of the charge of possession of cannabis with intent to sell or deliver. Rawlings was pursued by police officers on an unrelated warrant and was found with a paper bag containing thirty-one individual bags of marijuana. We disagree with Rawlings' argument and affirm.

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