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HENAO v. STATE

No. 82-2534.

454 So.2d 19 (1984)

Javier Roque HENAO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Thomas F. Almon, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Charles Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The primary point on this appeal from a conviction for trafficking by possession of over 400 grams of cocaine claims that the testimony of the investigating officer as to the contents of an oral statement by the defendant shortly after his arrest was hearsay and hence erroneously admitted because Henao made it in Spanish and the officer could and did testify only to the English translation rendered by an interpreter. Meacham v. State,

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