STATE v. SERRA

No. 87-2212.

529 So.2d 1262 (1988)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jose A. SERRA and Bienvenido Fidalgo, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Henry H. Harnage and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defenders, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART, J., and JOE A. COWART, Jr., Associate Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The appellees, Sera and Fidalgo, were charged with trafficking in cocaine and possession of cannabis. The trial judge, on his own motion, dismissed the charges and the State appeals. We reverse.

Apparently the trial judge dismissed the criminal charges against appellees because (1) two polygraph operators were of the opinion that Fidalgo was truthful when he denied that, at a certain time and place, he handed cocaine to Sera; and that Fidalgo was...

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