Bannister v. State

SHARP, Judge.

The appellant, James Chris Bannister, was convicted of unlawful possession of cocaine after entering a nolo contendere plea reserving his right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his Motion for Discharge under Rule 3.191, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. For the reasons stated herein we affirm the conviction.

The appellant received a telephone call on February 16, 1978 from Officer Fleecy of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Officer Fleecy told Bannister he was going to have to arrest him because of an alleged illegal sale of cocaine on January 24, 1978, to a…