ORANTES v. STATE

Nos. AS-5, AS-298.

452 So.2d 68 (1984)

Pierre Cesar ORANTES and Salvatore Francis Vastola, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen N. Bernstein, Gainesville, for appellant Orantes.

Robert A. Harper, Jr., Tallahassee, for appellant Vastola.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


NIMMONS, Judge.

Orantes and Vastola appeal their convictions of conspiracy to traffic in cannabis in violation of Sections 777.04 and 893.135, Florida Statutes (1981). They were charged with conspiring to possess in excess of 100 pounds of cannabis. We affirm.

In April, 1982, the Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit (N.O.C.U.) of the Gainesville Police Department caused a civilian undercover operative, Ronald Hoover, to be placed in a residence near that of...

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