LOPEZ v. STATE

No. 96-01090.

711 So.2d 563 (1997)

Humberto LOPEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann Pfeiffer Corcoran, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Humberto Lopez challenges his conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine. We reject Lopez's first two arguments, but we agree that the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal as to cocaine found in his home.

Working with a confidential informant, Hillsborough County Sheriff's officers arrested Lopez after they detained him in a parking lot and found an envelope containing 64 grams of cocaine in the glove...

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