ARBOLEDA v. STATE

No. 94-582.

645 So.2d 48 (1994)

Jose ARBOLEDA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Neil Rose, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Consuelo Maingot, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BASKIN, JORGENSON and GERSTEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Jose Arboleda appeals his conviction for trafficking in cocaine. He alleges as error the trial court's failure to give part four of the standard jury instruction dealing with trafficking. For the following reasons, we reverse.

Evidence at trial showed that customs inspectors had intercepted a package from Colombia that contained a marble pedestal with 666.9 grams of cocaine concealed inside. Law enforcement officers set up a controlled delivery...

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