McKENZIE v. STATE

No. 93-0628.

632 So.2d 276 (1994)

Harvey McKENZIE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Karen E. Ehrlich, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Edward L. Giles, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for tampering with evidence, arguing that testimony that he swallowed a substance which appeared to be rock cocaine was insufficient proof of the offense. We affirm.

Police officers observed defendant sitting on a bicycle at an intersection, holding open his hand which contained five or six rocktype objects which the officers believed to be cocaine. They were approximately the size of baby aspirin. One of the...

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