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LAMANTO v. STATE

No. 88-1768.

547 So.2d 1248 (1989)

Carl Joseph LAMANTO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephan P. Lange of Lange and Lange, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Carol Cobourn and Miles Ferris, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

STONE, Judge.

We affirm the defendant's conviction of trafficking in cocaine. The defendant asserts that he was not in possession of the cocaine because he did not have dominion and control over it, citing Garces v. State, 485 So.2d 847 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).

Here, the defendant negotiated with an undercover detective to purchase a kilo of cocaine. They agreed upon terms and met in the detective's car. Lamanto handed...

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