Case Name: Larry Dornell JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-01-22
Citations: 574 So. 2d 1131
Docket Number: No. 90-1354
Parties: Larry Dornell JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before FERGUSON, COPE and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 574
Pages: 1131–1132

Head Matter:
Larry Dornell JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-1354.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 22, 1991.
Rehearing Denied March 14, 1991.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter and Carol Wilson, Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Roberta G. Mandel and Ivy Ginsberg, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.
Before FERGUSON, COPE and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Larry Johnson appeals his conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine. In this circumstantial evidence case, the State presented evidence which rebutted and was inconsistent with the defendant's reasonable hypothesis of innocence. "The test to be applied on review of a denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal is not whether, in the opinion of the trial court or appellate court, the evidence fails to exclude every reasonable hypothesis but that of guilt but, rather, whether the jury might reasonably so Conclude." Muwwakil v. State, 435 So.2d 304, 305 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), review denied, 444 So.2d 417 (Fla.1984) (citations omitted). The defendant's motions for judgment of acquittal were properly denied. Id.; see Brown v. State, 428 So.2d 250 (Fla.), cert. denied, 463 U.S. 1209, 103 S.Ct. 3541, 77 L.Ed.2d 1391 (1983); Lewis v. State, 570 So.2d 346 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).
Affirmed.