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STATE v. ATKINS

No. 78-1796.

369 So.2d 389 (1979)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Liberace ATKINS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and C. Marie King, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.

OTT, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals the dismissal of its information charging appellee with possession of heroin. We reverse.

Appellee was charged with this offense after two law enforcement officers came upon him in the back room of a pool hall while he was leaning over a bottle cap, three pieces of tin foil and a syringe. Heroin is frequently wrapped in tin foil packets for sale and is often prepared for injection...

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