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Watson v. State | 877 So.2d 914 (2004)

Police arrested Jake Watson in somebody else’s home for possession of drugs that were found there. Did police have the evidence to prove their case? That’s the question in Watson versus State.

Watson was sleeping in a bedroom in his grandmother’s apartment when police came in with a search warrant. The officers saw Watson sleeping in one of the room’s two beds. Watson’s cousin was standing next to a dresser. Police found crack cocaine on top of the dresser and in one of its drawers. Watson and his cousin were both arrested.

Watson’s cousin pleaded guilty to possessing the cocaine with intent to sell. At Watson’s trial, his cousin testified that the bedroom was the cousin’s alone, and that he put the cocaine in and on the dresser while Watson was asleep. The cousin also confirmed that Watson was asleep when the police entered, and that Watson didn’t know about the drugs. Watson’s grandmother testified that only Watson’s cousin lived in the bedroom and that Watson didn’t, although Watson visited often. There was no evidence that Watson lived in or had control over the bedroom, or that he knew anything about the drugs.

Watson was convicted of possession with intent to sell. He appealed to the Florida District Court of Appeal, arguing that there was no evidence that he had control over the bedroom or the drugs.

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