STATE v. RUIZ

No. 86-12.

495 So.2d 256 (1986)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Andres Rene RUIZ, Herberto Lorenzo, Eliseo Marquez, Jorge Luis Hernandez, Hernan Rigoberto Flores, and Eduardo Lorenzo, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Steven T. Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Jose M. Quinon, Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr., Coral Gables, Jerrell A. Breslin and Peter Raben, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The state appeals from the dismissal of trafficking charges on the ground that the contingent fee arrangement between the confidential informant and the police resulted in a violation of defendants' due process rights as enunciated in State v. Glosson, 462 So.2d 1082 (Fla. 1985). We reverse.

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