WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 2D02-3827.

870 So.2d 71 (2003)

Marquel D. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Howardene Garrett, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


DAVIS, Judge.

Marquel D. Williams challenges his convictions and sentences for delivery of cocaine and possession of cocaine. Because the State failed to introduce the cocaine into evidence at trial and did not explain such failure, we reverse.

The Florida Supreme Court has held that "when a defendant is charged with possession of a controlled substance, that substance, if available, must be introduced into evidence but ... a defendant who fails to object...

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