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State v. Rodriguez

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
May 31, 1996
674 So. 2d 899 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 95-2136.

May 31, 1996.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Cynthia Z. Mackinnon, J.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Steven J. Guardiano, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rebecca Roark Wall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

No Appearance for Appellee.


After reviewing the record, we can find no factual basis for the arresting officers to have reasonably believed that the defendant was in constructive possession of drug paraphernalia found in the house they knew she was visiting. Even if the fact the items were visible to the police can lead to the inference she knew the items were present, there is, by the officers' own admission, nothing to suggest she had any right to exercise dominion or control over the items or that she ever undertook to do so. See Brown v. State, 428 So.2d 250 (Fla. 1983), cert. denied, 463 U.S. 1209, 103 S.Ct. 3541, 77 L.Ed.2d 1391 (1983). There was no probable cause to arrest her for the offense.

AFFIRMED.

PETERSON, C.J., and THOMPSON, J., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Rodriguez

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
May 31, 1996
674 So. 2d 899 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

State v. Rodriguez

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. LINDA RODRIGUEZ, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: May 31, 1996

Citations

674 So. 2d 899 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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