Santana v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Eduardo Santana, was convicted of trafficking in cocaine, stemming from the discovery of nine kilograms of cocaine in his car when he was stopped for speeding on 1-75. On appeal, Santana contests the legality of the search and seizure, and contends that the trial court should have found that Santana provided substantial assistance in identifying another cocaine trafficker and reduced his sentence accordingly.

On November 29, 1988, a state trooper stopped Santana’s rental *205car after clocking it on the radar as travelling 71 m.p.h. in a 65 m.p.h zone. The…