District Court of Appeal of Florida

Grant of a defense motion for a judgment of acquittal, following a jury's conviction of defendant for possession of cocaine, is reversed where the state presented competent, substantial evidence sufficient to support the jury-s factual finding that the defendant was guilty of possession of crack cocaine, and, even if this were a wholly circumstantial evidence case, the state presented competent evidence from which the jury could exclude the defendant-s reasonable hypothesis of innocence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/06/2006
• Published 11/07/2006

Judges

• HAWKES, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charlie J. Crist, Attorney General, and Anne C. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Joel Arnold, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellee.