Michael Anthony Conage v. United States

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC20-1441 ____________ MICHAEL ANTHONY CONAGE, Appellant, vs. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee. August 25, 2022 MUÑIZ, C.J. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has certified to us a question about the meaning of the word “purchase” in Florida’s drug trafficking law. The court asks whether a completed purchase of illegal drugs necessarily entails the defendant purchaser’s possession of those drugs, as federal law defines possession. We conclude that it does, and in doing so we reject the argument that a purchase is necessarily complete…