LAWSON v. STATE

No. 88-0963.

552 So.2d 257 (1989)

Gerald LAWSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Susan D. Cline, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Patricia G. Lampert, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

The defendant claims that the jury instruction given as to the charge of trafficking in cocaine was defective. We affirm.

The police made a routine stop of a car travelling at night without any lights, whereupon, the defendant driver immediately exited the vehicle and fled carrying a brown satchel. During a four hundred yard footrace, the pursuing officer saw the defendant attempt to throw the satchel over a fifteen-foot wall. Recovering it,...

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