SIMS v. STATE

Nos. 80-345, 80-346.

402 So.2d 459 (1981)

John Cooper SIMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Fred Richard FARNES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Tacher and Robert B. Miller of Law Offices of Lawrence B. Friedman, North Miami Beach, for appellant Sims.

C. Daniel Akes, Lakeland, for appellant Farnes.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Rehearing Denied in No. 80-345 September 16, 1981.

SCHWARTZ, ALAN R., Associate Judge.

The defendants Farnes and Sims were the pilot and co-pilot respectively of a plane which arrived in Boca Raton from the Bahamas carrying 170 pounds of suspect marijuana. They separately appeal from their convictions and sentences, following a jury trial, for possession of in excess of 100 pounds of cannabis, a second degree felony under the then-applicable provisions of...

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