Case Name: In the Interest of C.C.S., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-04-27
Citations: 729 So. 2d 1016
Docket Number: No. 98-3468
Parties: In the Interest of C.C.S., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MINER, BENTON, and BROWNING, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 729
Pages: 1016–1017

Head Matter:
In the Interest of C.C.S., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-3468.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 27, 1999.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Kristina White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Reversed. See G.E.G. v. State, 417 So.2d 975, 977 (Fla.1982) ("[W]e hold that when a defendant is charged with possession of a controlled substance, that substance, if available, must be introduced into evidence" where a defendant objects to its nonintroduction.); Harris v. State, 647 So.2d 206, 208 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994) (holding that a defendant's mere proximity to a small or trace amount of a controlled substance is not sufficient to establish constructive possession by one of several occupants of a car).
MINER, BENTON, and BROWNING, JJ., CONCUR.