FLORIO v. STATE

No. 88-2515.

554 So.2d 633 (1989)

Scott Douglas FLORIO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Reversed and remanded for a new trial. The appellant was prosecuted for a drug transaction set up by an informant and defended on the grounds that he and his girlfriend were entrapped by the informant into securing the cocaine for the transaction. The state concedes that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence, over objection, referring to a witness's out-of-court conversation with the informant in which the informant stated that the appellant...

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