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FL Prisoner Must Know Illicit Nature of Substance to Possess Drugs

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Notice of Rules, Jury Instructions. Location: Florida.

Florida's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held that to be convicted of
possession of contraband in a prison, predicated on possession of
marijuana, the prisoner must not only possess the substance but must also
be aware of the illicit nature of the substance. The court found there was
adequate evidence ...

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