Legal Opinion

James v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 18, 1987No. BP-331PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of an order by which he was convicted of trafficking in *427and conspiring to traffic in cocaine, and sentenced to 15 years incarceration with a $250,000 fine on each count. He contends the trial court erred in failing to find that the defense of entrapment was established as a matter of law. We find that because appellant failed to raise the defense in a pretrial motion to dismiss or in his motions for judgment of acquittal, he did not preserve this issue for appeal, and we therefore affirm.

Appellant was arrested and charged with trafficking in and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cruz v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  2. Wale v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  3. Marrero v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  2. Lanier v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  3. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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