COSTON v. STATE

No. 86-3298.

530 So.2d 346 (1988)

Vaughn Bernard COSTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Carol M. Dittmar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

On June 27, 1986, two undercover officers were driving through an area of Hillsborough County when they were flagged down by two black males and a black female. After the officers stopped, appellant approached their vehicle. One of the officers asked if appellant and his companions had any "rock." Appellant went back to the other black male, took something from the other black male, and returned to the officers with cocaine in his hand....

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