STATE v. CRUZ

No. 3D03-579.

851 So.2d 249 (2003)

The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Jorge Santiago CRUZ, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General; Katherine Fernandez-Rundle, State Attorney and Angelica D. Zayas, Assistant State Attorney, for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender; Roberto Pertierra, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GREEN and WELLS, JJ.


GREEN, J.

The state seeks common law certiorari review of a non-final order excluding the testimony of a confidential informant at trial. We conclude that the lower court's order departed from the essential requirements of law. Accordingly, we grant the petition and quash the order under review.

Jorge Santiago Cruz was charged with one count of attempted trafficking in cocaine and one count of conspiracy to sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine. His defense...

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