STATE v. HUTCHENS

No. 86-3054.

517 So.2d 27 (1987)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. William Frank HUTCHENS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Debora J. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Joel Kaplan, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the state from an order dismissing on the ground of double jeopardy an information charging the defendant with trafficking in cocaine and unlawful possession of cannabis. The defendant was tried on these charges and found guilty in January, 1984.

During the defendant's trial, the question arose as to how a tape recording of a conversation between an undercover police officer, the defendant and others, which was partly in English...

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