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SARNO v. STATE

Nos. 79-2125, 79-2126, 80-12, 80-122, 80-123, 80-136, 80-150, 80-151, 80-315, 80-349, 80-983, 80-984, 80-1007 and 80-229.

424 So.2d 829 (1982)

Joey SARNO, Francisco Riverol, Russell Leicht, al Palange, Jorge Santana, Evelio Santana, Murray Sarno, Ivan Bordas, Charles Canella, Carlos Del Rio, William Thomas Flingos, Joseph Meyers, Salvador Magluta, and Augusto G. Falcon, Jr., Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. William GILLEY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oteri & Weinberg and Martin Weinberg; Judith H. Mizner, Boston, Mass., Michael H. Blacker, Melvin S. Black, Robert L. Moore, Greene & Cooper and Sharon L. Wolfe, Miami, Varon & Stahl and H. Dohn Williams, Jr., Hollywood, Mary Louise Dennis, and Donald L. Ferguson, Miami, for appellants, for Case No. 79-2125, etc.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Paul Mendelson, Joel D. Rosenblatt, and Anthony Musto, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee, for Case No. 79-2125, etc.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Theda R. James, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant, for Case No. 80-229.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert R. Schrank, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee, for Case No. 80-229.

Before SCHWARTZ, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.

NESBITT, Judge.

I. The Sting

These consolidated appeals arose out of a law enforcement operation dubbed the "Sting," apparently in reference to a motion picture of the same name. The tale of the investigation, commencing in the Florida Department of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco and culminating with more than a hundred arrests, most of them for various narcotics charges, could easily provide the substance for another Hollywood film.

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