J. L. M., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. (2023)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

J. L. M., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D21-2444

Decided: February 01, 2023

Before LOGUE, SCALES, and HENDON, JJ.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Nicholas A. Lynch, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Kseniya Smychkouskaya and Sonia Perez, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Affirmed. D.V. v. State, 286 So. 3d 796, 798 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (“To establish actual possession, the State must prove ‘the contraband is (1) in the defendant's hand or on his person, (2) in a container in the defendant's hand or on his person, or (3) within the defendant's ‘ready reach.’ ”) (citation and quotations omitted).

PER CURIAM.

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