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Cruz v. State

Citations

  • 744 So. 2d 568
  • 1999 WL 1015153

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  • holding that dominion and control were not proven where a pipe was found in plain view on the floorboard of the car near the gas pedal while the defendant was driving with a passenger
  • ruling that the State failed to prove the element of control when the only evidence on that point was that drug paraphernalia was found four to five inches from the convicted driver's foot
  • holding that dominion and control were not proven where a pipe was found in plain view on the floorboard of the car near the gas pedal while the defendant was driving with a passenger
  • reversing conviction for possession of cocaine—pipe residue— where crack pipe was found four or five inches from the gas pedal of the car the defendant was driving because it was also occupied by a passenger
  • reversing conviction for possession of cocaine—pipe residue—where crack pipe was found four or five inches from the gas pedal of the car the defendant was driving because it was also occupied by a passenger
  • reversing conviction for possession of cocaine — pipe residue— where crack pipe was found four or five inches from the gas pedal of the car the defendant was driving because it was also occupied by a passenger

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Judges: Davis

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