SOIRELUS v. STATE

No. 96-1371.

698 So.2d 573 (1997)

Noelvil SOIRELUS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, and Steven G. Mason, Orlando, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


ANTOON, Judge.

Noelvil Soirelus (defendant) appeals his conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine,1 arguing that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury that, in order to convict, it must find that the defendant had knowledge of the illicit nature of the substance. We affirm.

The defendant was a passenger in an automobile stopped by a sheriff's deputy. After issuing a traffic citation and receiving conflicting...

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