Lamanto v. State

STONE, Judge.

We affirm the defendant’s conviction of trafficking in cocaine. The defendant asserts that he was not in possession of the cocaine because he did not have dominion and control over it, citing Garces v. State, 485 So.2d 847 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).

Here, the defendant negotiated with an undercover detective to purchase a kilo of cocaine. They agreed upon terms and met in the detective’s car. Lamanto handed thirty two thousand dollars, the agreed price, to the detective, who in exchange handed the defendant a bag containing the cocaine. Lamanto cut open the bag, placed some cocaine on…