Case Name: John ARTIQUE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-09-10
Citations: 584 So. 2d 654
Docket Number: No. 91-812
Parties: John ARTIQUE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 584
Pages: 654–654

Head Matter:
John ARTIQUE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-812.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 10, 1991.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Valerie Jonas, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Marc E. Brandes, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
As the state properly concedes, the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal for possession of cocaine where there was no evidence that the defendant physically possessed the cocaine, nor had the ability to control or reduce it to his physical possession. See Garces v. State, 485 So.2d 847 (Fla.3d DCA 1986); Daudt v. State, 368 So.2d 52 (Fla.2d DCA), cert. denied, 376 So.2d 76 (Fla.1979).
Accordingly, the defendant's conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine is hereby vacated and this cause is remanded with directions to discharge the defendant as to that charge only.