SINCLAIR v. STATE

No. 3D06-2575.

995 So.2d 552 (2008)

Mario SINCLAIR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett Brummer, Public Defender, and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Lane Hodes, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, C.J., and SHEPHERD and CORTIÑAS, JJ.


SHEPHERD, J.

Appellant, Mario Sinclair, challenges a trial court ruling that he violated his probation by being arrested for possession of cocaine with intent to sell. The substantial issue on appeal is whether the State adequately identified the substance seized as crack cocaine. The identification was made through the testimony of the arresting officer, Miami-Dade Police Sergeant D. Kerr.1 It was the only non-hearsay testimony supporting...

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