NICHOLS v. STATE

No. 79-2325.

390 So.2d 1238 (1980)

James Warren NICHOLS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Eckert and C.J. Abernathy, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michael A. Palecki and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


OTT, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the possession and sale of cocaine. We reverse because the state failed to present proper evidence connecting appellant with the crime.

An undercover agent arranged to buy cocaine from one Knox. They proceeded to a motel and waited in a room until some unidentified person knocked and handed Knox a package of cocaine. Police officers staked out at the motel saw a red pickup truck drive in and park in back of the motel...

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