State v. Robertson

We have for review Robertson v. State, 605 So.2d 94 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified the following question as one of great public importance:

DOES THE SOURCE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO CONDUCT REVERSE STINGS CONSTITUTIONALLY SHIELD THOSE WHO BECOME ILLICITLY INVOLVED WITH SUCH DRUGS FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY?

Id. at 94. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

We addressed this same issue in State v. Williams, 623 So.2d 462 (Fla.1993), where we held

that the illegal manufacture of…