Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 28, 2010No. 2D08-2101PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
Johnathan Jackson was tried and convicted in Hillsborough County on charges that he possessed a trafficking amount of cocaine and that he conspired with two other men to traffic in cocaine. He maintains that Hillsborough County was not the proper venue for the trafficking charge. We agree and reverse the trafficking conviction. Jackson acknowledges that this issue does not affect his conspiracy conviction, and we affirm that conviction without further discussion.
The charges arose from a 2006 transaction involving nearly two kilograms of cocaine. Donald Pressley, who was in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Powe v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
- Sobrino v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- Yolman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- McClellion v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
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