Long v. State

SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

In this appeal defendant, Charles E. Long, challenges his convictions for trafficking in cocaine, delivery of methaqua-lone, racketeering, and three counts of conspiracy to traffic in cannabis. We have examined each of defendant’s contentions and find merit only to his challenge to his conviction for racketeering.

Defendant was charged with violating Florida’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization [RICO] Act, section 943.462, Florida Statutes (1979). The state’s information charging him with the offense is the same information we held insufficient in Beatty v.…