JERE D. BELL, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Cronin v. State, 470 So. 2d 802 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985)
  …nt was arrested in January 1983 while he and others were unloading bales of marijuana from a boat. The State adduced evidence sufficient to prove that appellant was in joint constructive possession of 250 bales of marijuana. See Armbruster v. State, 453 So. 2d 833 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), rev. denied, 461 So. 2d 113 (Fla.1985). The State also adduced evidence that these bales had a cumulative weight of 11,325.4 pounds. Appellant’s expert testified that although he determined a cumulative weight of 11,357 pounds,…
• State v. Odom, 56 So. 3d 46 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011)
  …on or about the premises, and has the ability to exercise and maintain control over the contraband. Harris v. State, 954 So. 2d 1260, 1262 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007). Possession of illegal drugs may be by joint constructive possession. Armbruster v. State, 453 So. 2d 833, 834 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). Thus, the State may prove joint possession by two or more defendants without proving actual physical possession by any one defendant. Id. at 834-35. If the possession is non-exclusive, knowledge of the presence of the cont…
• Bass v. Fla. Dep't of Law Enf't, 712 So. 2d 1171 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
  …issue at that time instead of stipulating to the admissibility of the report. See Hampton v. State, 680 So. 2d 581, 584 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996); SKF Management v. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 664 So. 2d 345, 347 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995); Armbruster v. State, 453 So. 2d 833, 834 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). After the record had closed and after it was too late for Ms. Bass to address the chain of custody issue, the Department for the first time in its proposed order claimed that Dr. Baumgartner’s report should be disregarded b…

Authorities Cited

• Armbruster v. State, 453 So. 2d 833 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984)