DEAN v. STATE

No. 95-2788.

690 So.2d 720 (1997)

Michael DEAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Gelety, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PARIENTE, Judge.

Appellant, Michael Dean (defendant), raises multiple errors in his trial that he argues mandate a reversal of his conviction for trafficking in cocaine. We agree that reversal for a new trial is mandated because of the improper admission of testimony by the arresting detectives regarding the general behavior patterns of drug traffickers.

Two plainclothes detectives, assigned to interdict the flow of narcotics in and out of Broward County,...

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