MORRIS v. STATE

No. 66120.

487 So.2d 291 (1986)

Eugene Edward MORRIS, a/k/a Mercury Morris, a/k/a Eugene Morris, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Miami, Philip Glatzer and Ronald I. Strauss, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders of Highsmith, Strauss & Glatzer, Coconut Grove, N. Joseph Durant, Sp. Asst. Public Defender of Gelber, Glass, Durant, Canal and Pineiro, Miami, and Robert Augustus Harper, Jr., Co-counsel, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Janet Reno, State Atty. and Anthony C. Musto, Asst. State Atty., Miami, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

This cause, Morris v. State, 456 So.2d 471 (3d DCA 1984), is before us due to express and direct conflict with decisions of several district courts of appeal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution.

Asserting the affirmative defense of entrapment, Eugene Edward "Mercury" Morris pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, trafficking in cocaine...

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