BETANCOURT v. STATE

No. 69-51.

224 So.2d 378 (1969)

Henry BETANCOURT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

June 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Koeppel, Public Defender, and Gregory B. Hoppenstand, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Jesse J. McCrary, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before PEARSON, BARKDULL and SWANN, JJ.


PEARSON, Judge.

The appellant was adjudged guilty after trial by the court of the crime of unlawful possession of marijuana. He was sentenced to three years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. This appeal is from the judgment and sentence.

Appellant's single point on appeal turns upon the legality of his arrest. It is urged that the court erred in admitting into evidence appellant's admission that he had left a package in a taxicab and a police officer...

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