Legal Opinion
Downing v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 22, 1988No. 71629PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
536 So.2d 189 (1988)
Richard A. DOWNING, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 71629.
Supreme Court of Florida.
September 22, 1988.
Rehearing Denied December 14, 1988.
John F. Tierney, III, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Royall P. Terry, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.
GRIMES, Justice.
Petitioner Richard Downing and his codefendant, Martha Munroe, were the objects of a reverse-sting operation run by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). They were charged with conspiracy to traffic in cocaine[*] and tried jointly. The jury…
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