Legal Opinion

Ortega v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 19, 2000No. 3D99-866PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

In this Anders proceeding, we agree that no non-frivolous position is advancea-ble on behalf of the defendant and therefore affirm his convictions for conspiracy, see Herrera v. State, 532 So.2d 54, 58 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), quoting McCain v. State, 390 So.2d 779, 780 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980), review denied, 399 So.2d 1144 (Fla.1981)(recognizing that “direct proof of an agreement is not necessary to establish a conspiracy; the jury is free to infer from all the circumstances surrounding and accompanying the act that the common purpose to commit the crime existed”), and trafficking in cocaine by…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Herrera v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  2. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. McCain v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  4. State v. NellumsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Amaya v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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