FREDERICK v. STATE

No. 2D06-5072.

980 So.2d 1243 (2008)

Benjamin Jarod FREDERICK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Judith Ellis, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


KELLY, Judge.

Benjamin Frederick was convicted of various offenses he committed when fleeing from police officers attempting to conduct a traffic stop. In this appeal, he challenges only his convictions for possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.1 The attorney general acknowledges, and we agree, that the State failed to prove that Frederick either actually or constructively possessed the contraband found in his car...

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