CHESTNUT v. STATE

No. 92-1588.

623 So.2d 760 (1993)

Charles CHESTNUT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Stephen G. Mason, Law Offices of Stephen G. Mason, Orlando, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Rebecca Roark Wall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


HARRIS, Chief Judge.

Charles Chestnut was charged with possessing and delivering cocaine to a confidential informant on April 5, 1990. He was arrested some three weeks later by a fourman undercover team of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. Chestnut was convicted and sentenced. He appeals claiming that because of the conduct of the officers in effecting his arrest, his criminal charges should have been dismissed.

We agree, however, with the well-reasoned...

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