Williams v. State

Tavares Williams was tried by jury and convicted of sale of cocaine and marijuana within 1000 feet of a school and public housing facility. Although Williams raises a number of issues on appeal, we write to address only one — his claim that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal, which is dispositive of the instant appeal and compels a reversal.

Evidence at trial established that, on April 13, 2006, an undercover officer was in an unmarked patrol car and conducting surveillance in the 1000 block of 18th Street near Tamarind Avenue in West Palm Beach. For a couple…