STATE v. LEE

No. 4D16-2269.

230 So.3d 886 (2017)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Alexander LEE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph D. Coronato, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Karen E. Ehrlich , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The state appeals the trial court's entering a judgment of acquittal after a jury found appellant guilty of possession of cocaine. We find that, when viewing the facts in the light most favorable to the state, the trial court erred in granting the judgment of acquittal and, as such, we reverse.

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