COCKETT v. STATE

No. 85-2467.

507 So.2d 1217 (1987)

Virgie Mae COCKETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Amy Lynn Diem, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HERSEY, Chief Judge.

Virgie Mae Cockett appeals a conviction of trafficking in cocaine. The evidence that she aided and abetted Hattie Mae Butler in the commission of this offense was entirely circumstantial. The issue is whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction. "There are two essential conditions which must be met to result in the status of aider and abetter. Such a person is one who has the intent that the crime be committed and who...

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