Legal Opinion

Pena v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 29, 1985No. 84-1176PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

465 So.2d 1386 (1985)

Toribio PENA, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 84-1176.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 29, 1985.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow and Allyn Giambalvo, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Gary O. Welch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

RYDER, Chief Judge.

Toribio Pena appeals his conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine. He contends that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction. We agree and reverse.

Viewing the evidence in the light most…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Tibbs v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Tibbs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  4. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
  5. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. Green v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
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  5. Lewis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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