Demps v. State, 795 So. 2d 141

HARRIS, J.

The issue in this case is whether the driver and sole occupant of a vehicle in which cocaine is found in “an ashtray cover in front of the drive shaft” (which places it immediately beside the driver) can be found to be in possession of that cocaine when there is testimony that others have occupied the vehicle earlier in the day.

As we have done before, we again say it is a jury question. In Parker v. State, 641 So.2d 483 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994), we held in a ease in which the cocaine was found under the passenger seat of a vehicle in the sole possession of the driver that it was the jury’s function to believe or not to believe testimony that others had previously occupied the vehicle and had left the cocaine -behind.

AFFIRMED.

COBB and PETERSON, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Demps v. State

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: Aug 24, 2001

Citations: 795 So. 2d 141; 2001 WL 957407; 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 11922; No. 5D00-3449

Docket Number: No. 5D00-3449

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.