Case Name: S. P., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-06-02
Citations: 399 So. 2d 402
Docket Number: No. 79-2057
Parties: S. P., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ., and VANN, HAROLD R. (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 399
Pages: 402–402

Head Matter:
S. P., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 79-2057.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 2, 1981.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Myron M. Gold, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Joel D. Rosen-blatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ., and VANN, HAROLD R. (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant's adjudication of delinquency for possession of more than five grams of marijuana must be reversed because the circumstantial evidence of joint or constructive possession is entirely inadequate to establish that the juvenile had either knowledge of or the ability to control the contraband so as to establish criminal possession. Johnson v. State, 381 So.2d 342 (Fla.3d DCA 1980) and cases cited therein.
Reversed and remanded with directions to discharge the juvenile.