Opinion ID: 1184512
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Heading: appellant goldberg

Text: However, the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to convict defendant Goldberg of cultivation. The crime of cultivation contemplates two elements. The first is the exercise of dominion or control over the plants themselves, i.e., actual or constructive possession. The second element relates to the care and attention given the plants so as to promote their growth. His solitary remarks, You'd better leave the plants there; they need a lot of sun, overheard by the police officer, in and of themselves, do not make out a sufficient factual foundation to the crime charged. [5] While such admonition could be construed as an offering of advice designed to promote the growth of the plants, there is completely absent any showing of possession, constructive or actual, necessary to make out the second requisite element of the offense.