RAINNER v. STATE

No. 4D00-3121.

801 So.2d 997 (2001)

Harold RAINNER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Joseph R. Chloupek, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Bart Schneider, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

During trial on charges of the sale of cocaine near a school, defendant sought to question one of the police officers involved in the incident as to his location during surveillance of defendant. The state objected and the trial court sustained the objection on the basis of the surveillance location privilege. Because Florida recognizes such a privilege only in unusual circumstances in which the very safety of the witness would be directly compromised by...

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