State v. Giraldo

CORRECTED OPINION

On September 20, 1988 defendants below, Edna Giraldo, Juan Cordova, Juan Byas and Luis Jusino were charged by information with conspiracy to traffic cocaine and trafficking in cocaine in violation of Sections 777.04 and 893.135 Florida Statutes. In January 1989, defendants Cordo-va and Byas filed motions to dismiss alleging that the investigation against them had been instigated and conducted without police supervision, by a confidential informant working for the City of Hialeah Police Department, and done in such an egregious manner as to deprive defendants of their due…