Legal Opinion

Acevedo v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 8, 1989No. 88-916PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Appellant was convicted of trafficking in cocaine and assigns prosecutorial misconduct as error on appeal. We affirm.

For the transaction which led to appellant’s arrest, a police officer and an informant had waited for appellant at a restaurant. On deposition, the testimony of the *297police officer and the informant differed as to where the police officer was at the time appellant arrived. During the lunch break on the first day of trial, the assistant state attorney met with the police officer and the informant together and discussed the inconsistency in their testimony. This discussion was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  2. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  3. Bush v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  4. Zamora v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Beasley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

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