RIVERA v. STATE

No. 5D04-1218.

917 So.2d 210 (2005)

Salvador RIVERA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Elizabeth Fitzgibbons, of Fitzgibbons Law Firm, P.A., Celebration, for Appellant.

Charles L. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, J.

Salvador Rivera challenges his conviction for trafficking in cocaine1 on the grounds that the trial court erred in introducing a Florida Department of Law Enforcement ("FDLE") lab report through the records custodian and in limiting his right to cross-examine the confidential informant involved in his case. We determine only the first issue has merit and is dispositive of the appeal...

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