SHEFFIELD v. STATE

No. 4D03-111.

869 So.2d 748 (2004)

James SHEFFIELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Susan D. Cline, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Claudine M. LaFrance, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, J.

We affirm Sheffield's conviction on charges of delivering and possessing cocaine.

It was not an abuse of discretion to deny Sheffield's motion for mistrial where the state's witness, on cross-examination, characterized the location where Sheffield was arrested as a high drug area. The delivery consisted of a sale to an undercover detective, in a Wendy's parking lot, using marked money.

On cross-examination of the arresting detective, defense...

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