Smith v. State

OTT, Chief Judge.

Raymond Lee Smith pled nolo contendere to grand theft in the second degree, specifically reserving his right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss based on entrapment. He also claims error in the imposition of certain conditions of probation.

According to the motion to dismiss, the Tampa Police Department deployed a decoy at Kennedy Boulevard and Bernard Avenue in Tampa on January 13, 1982. The police decoy was dressed in old clothes and acted sick or drunk. He had $150 protruding from a pocket. Defendant was not a suspect or a target of the decoy.…