SMITH v. STATE

No. AC-479.

407 So.2d 399 (1981)

Barry Eugene SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Stroud, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


JOANOS, Judge.

Appellant raises two points on appeal: (1) Whether the trial court erred in refusing to suppress testimony by an undercover police officer who illegally taped the conversation he had with the defendant in the defendant's home, and (2) Whether the trial court's denial of defendant's motion for reduction of sentence was an abuse of discretion. We affirm on both points.

Although the warrantless electronic surveillance of the defendant's conversations...

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