Legal Opinion

M.S. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 3, 1991No. 90-01708PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LEHAN, Judge.

We affirm defendant’s convictions for sale of a counterfeit controlled substance.

We disagree with defendant’s contention that because there was evidence that the substance he sold to undercover officers was a controlled substance rather than a counterfeit controlled substance, the evidence was insufficient to exclude his reasonable hypothesis of innocence. There was other evidence that the substance was a counterfeit controlled substance which provided sufficient basis for the trier of fact to exclude defendant’s hypothesis of innocence. See Benson v. State, 526 So.2d 948, 955…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Herring v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Benson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  3. Willoughby v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
  4. People v. ManningCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
  5. Jennings v. StewartDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Labar v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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