STATE v. MESA

No. 80-1067.

395 So.2d 242 (1981)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Sergio Miguel MESA, Roberto Leon, Fernando Barbaro Quintana and Federico Felipe DeLaPAS, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Reno, State Atty. and Theda R. James, Asst. State Atty., for appellant.

Raymond J. Takiff, Coconut Grove, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

Holding that the defendants' right to demonstrate an anticipated entrapment defense had been improperly interfered with, the trial court dismissed the information against the defendants because two confidential informants asserted their privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify at their depositions. For two reasons, this ruling was palpably erroneous and is reversed.

First, although their counsel stated that entrapment would...

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