WILLIAM CONDER AND DELORIS CONDER, APPELLANTS,

v.

RICHARD C. RITCHEY AND MARY LOUISE RITCHEY, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• LEE v. State, 835 So. 2d 1177 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002)
  …olding that, despite evidence that defendant’s son drove vehicle earlier, defendant was driver and sole occupant and his exclusive possession of vehicle in which cocaine was found created inference that he had knowledge of cocaine); Jordan v. State, 548 So. 2d 737, 739 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989)(defendant who was [*1180] driver of automobile containing passenger was in exclusive possession of trunk in which cocaine was found, even though defendant claimed others had access to trunk). Lee’s presence, as driver and s…
• Parker v. State, 641 So. 2d 483 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994)
  …fendant. The jury apparently did not believe that Parker’s nephew had possession of his vehicle or, if he had such possession, that he left the cocaine behind. The question of exclusive possession is properly determined by the jury. Jordan v. State, 548 So. 2d 737 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). Finally, Parker objects to the prosecutor’s presentation of certain rebuttal testimony and to his comments made during closing argument. Parker took the stand and, after testifying that his nephew must have put the cocaine in h…
• Williams v. State, 724 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
  …875 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997). If the area in which the contraband is found is within the defendant’s exclusive possession, his guilty knowledge of the presence of the contraband and his ability to maintain control over it may be inferred. Jordan v. State, 548 So. 2d 737 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). If the property where a controlled substance is found is in joint rather than exclusive possession of the accused, then knowledge of the contraband’s presence and the ability to control it will not be inferred from the accused’s…

Authorities Cited

• Vallen James Trumps v. State, 354 So. 2d 372 (Fla. 1977)
• Maye G. Neil v. S. Fla. Auto Painters, Inc., 397 So. 2d 1160 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981)
• Union OIL OF Cal. v. Watson, 468 So. 2d 349 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)
• Procacci v. Zacco, 402 So. 2d 425 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981)