Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1988

M.D.L. v. State

M.D.L. v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 4, 1988 · Baskin, Hubbart, Jorgenson
531 So. 2d 1042; 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2271; 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4437; 1988 WL 100948 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

M.D.L. v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The adjudication of delinquency for unlawful possession of cocaine is affirmed upon a holding that sufficient evidence was *1043presented at trial to sustain the aforesaid adjudication, to wit: (a) a clear plastic bag containing cocaine was found by police beneath the front passenger seat of an otherwise jointly occupied car; (b) the juvenile M.D.L. was observed by police just prior to the subject search, seated in the front passenger seat and bent down toward the floorboard β€œin a strange manner,” in which position he remained until ordered out of the car by the police; and (c) the juvenile M.D.L. did not at first get out of the car when police ordered him to do so, but did so only after being ordered out a second time. See Thomas v. State, 512 So.2d 1099, 1101 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987), rev. denied, 520 So.2d 586 (Fla. 1988); Molinaro v. State, 360 So.2d 119, 120 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978), cert. denied, 368 So.2d 1371 (Fla. 1979); Porter v. State, 302 So.2d 481, 483 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974); Amato v. State, 296 So.2d 609, 611 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974).

AFFIRMED.

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