Burnett v. State

The defendant was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell and found guilty by a jury. He was sentenced to twenty years incarceration followed by ten years of probation. He appeals his conviction and sentence claiming error in the admission of certain testimony. We affirm.

Two police officers on patrol in a Key West neighborhood saw the defendant engaged in what appeared to them to be a narcotics transaction. The officers testified that, as they approached, they observed defendant drop what was later established, by testing, to be crack cocaine. The defendant took the stand in…