J. L. M. v. State

Full title: J. L. M., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Date published: Feb 1, 2023

355 So. 3d 525 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023)

Opinion

No. 3D21-2444

02-01-2023

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

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.

PER CURIAM.

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.

Before LOGUE, SCALES, and HENDON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

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).