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W.B.M., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 82-1652.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    July 17, 1984.
    Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
    Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Diane Leeds, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
    Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Where a juvenile was arrested for having a misdemeanor amount of marijuana on his person, and an additional felony amount of marijuana was found in the rear of the police cruiser after the juvenile had been transported to a detention center, there was a single offense for which he could not be twice prosecuted. See Jackson v. State, 418 So.2d 456 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); see also Blockburger ¶. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 52 S.Ct. 180, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932). After a delinquency adjudication for possession of the misdemeanor amount of marijuana, the constitutional proscription against double jeopardy prohibited the State from seeking an adjudication for possession of a felony amount of marijuana. See Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 169, 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2227, 53 L.Ed.2d 187, 196 (1977) (fifth amendment forbids successive prosecution and cumulative' punishment for a greater and lesser included offense).

The delinquency adjudication for the misdemeanor offense is AFFIRMED; the adjudication for the felony offense is REVERSED; and the cause is remanded for further consistent proceedings.