STATE v. BECTON

No. 95-816.

665 So.2d 358 (1995)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Ronald BECTON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Michael D. Crotty, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Erin J. O'Leary, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing an information charging introduction of contraband into the grounds of a correctional facility. § 944.47, Fla. Stat. (1993). The question on appeal is whether a gold chain necklace is contraband under the definition in the statute. The pertinent part of the statute says:

1. Any written or recorded communication or any currency or coin given or transmitted, or intended to be given or transmitted...

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