12-CM-015529 – Hillsborough County – October 2012 (Possession of Marijuana case)
Defendant, a passenger in a vehicle, was charged with Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Paraphernalia after Tampa police officers observed the vehicle he was traveling in make an illegal turn in an abandoned home site. In court, Stephen Higgins presented argument to the state attorney office regarding an illegal stop of the vehicle based on the officer’s hunch, constructive possession of the marijuana as well as the location the marijuana was found and got the charges dismissed.
