Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, 1973

State v. Grant

State v. Grant
Miami-Dade County Circuit Court · Decided July 25, 1973 · Vann
39 Fla. Supp. 48

Counsel

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, and Bennett H. Brummer, Assistant Public Defender, for the appellant., Richard E. Gerstein, State Attorney, and Milton Robbins, Assistant State Attorney, for the appellee.

State v. Grant

Opinion of the Court

HAROLD R. VANN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possessing a drug proscribed by provisions of §500.151, Florida Statutes. The appellant maintains that the state failed to produce any testimony which would show a material element of the offense, to-wit — that the drug possessed by the appellant.was “habit-forming, toxic, harmful or new ...” The state has filed an admission of error indicating that the record substantiates the appellant’s position.

This court having independently reviewed the record on appeal, and being fully advised in the premises, orders that the aforementioned conviction be and it hereby is reversed. Johnson v. Florida, 391 U.S. 596 (1968); State v. Kahler, 232 So.2d 166 (Fla. 1970).

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