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STANTON v. STATE

No. 99-1145.

746 So.2d 1229 (1999)

David STANTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Roy A. Heimlich, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Christine E. Zahralban, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and SHEVIN, JJ.

COPE, J.

David Stanton appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine. We conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the conviction, and reverse it.

The very unusual facts of the case are that defendant Stanton was in an area of Key West during the Goombay Festival. He encountered a drug dealer who asked what defendant was looking for, meaning what drugs the defendant was looking for. After...

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