Case Name: M.D.L., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-10-04
Citations: 531 So. 2d 1042
Docket Number: No. 88-1142
Parties: M.D.L., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 531
Pages: 1042–1043

Head Matter:
M.D.L., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-1142.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 4, 1988.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robert Burke, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Steven T. Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The adjudication of delinquency for unlawful possession of cocaine is affirmed upon a holding that sufficient evidence was presented at trial to sustain the aforesaid adjudication, to wit: (a) a clear plastic bag containing cocaine was found by police beneath the front passenger seat of an otherwise jointly occupied car; (b) the juvenile M.D.L. was observed by police just prior to the subject search, seated in the front passenger seat and bent down toward the floorboard "in a strange manner," in which position he remained until ordered out of the car by the police; and (c) the juvenile M.D.L. did not at first get out of the car when police ordered him to do so, but did so only after being ordered out a second time. See Thomas v. State, 512 So.2d 1099, 1101 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987), rev. denied, 520 So.2d 586 (Fla.1988); Molinaro v. State, 360 So.2d 119, 120 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978), cert. denied, 368 So.2d 1371 (Fla. 1979); Porter v. State, 302 So.2d 481, 483 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974); Amato v. State, 296 So.2d 609, 611 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974).
AFFIRMED.