McKINNON v. STATE

Nos. 87-0726, 87-0727.

547 So.2d 1254 (1989)

Sylvester McKINNON and Joyce L. Scott, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. King of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Joy B. Shearer and Lynn Waxman, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for State.


POLEN, Judge.

Sylvester McKinnon and Joyce L. Scott, codefendants below, individually seek review of their separate convictions of trafficking in heroin, trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in heroin. Although appellants raised numerous independent issues on appeal, the two cases have been consolidated for opinion purposes because we find one mutual issue merits discussion and requires reversal. Appellants allege that as a black man and black woman, they...

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