Legal Opinion

McFatten v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 14, 1993No. 91-1906Published

1Opinion of the Court

WENTWORTH, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the Circuit Court for Alachua County entered on a jury verdict finding appellant MeFatten guilty of possession of cocaine and sale of cocaine within 1000 feet of a school. We affirm.

Appellant’s sole contention on appeal is that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting in evidence a tape recording, which appellant describes as “partially unintelligible,” and in allowing explanatory testimony by the state’s witness Paul Terry.

The tape was made when Detectives Hunter and Smith wired Terry, a confidential informant,…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Odom v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. State v. SteinbrecherDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  3. Golden v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  4. Harris v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  5. Uliano v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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