HILL v. STATE

No. 2D99-3162.

768 So.2d 518 (2000)

April HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wendy Buffington, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Acting Chief Judge.

April Hill appeals her convictions for sale and possession of cocaine. She argues that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a letter she sent to the judge asking for drug treatment and psychiatric help instead of a jail sentence. We reverse.

At Ms. Hill's trial, the State produced evidence that on two occasions on May 21, 1998, Ms. Hill sold small quantities of crack cocaine to an undercover police officer who was...

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