HERNANDEZ v. STATE

No. 5D08-1094.

17 So.3d 748 (2009)

Edwin HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. LaFay, of NeJame, LaFay, Jancha, Ahmed, Barker & Joshi, Orlando, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


EVANDER, J.

After entering a no contest plea, Hernandez was convicted of trafficking in cocaine. He reserved the right to appeal the denial of his motion to dismiss in which he alleged that he had been entrapped as a matter of law. Because the trial court applied the wrong test in evaluating Hernandez's entrapment defense, we reverse.

Hernandez was the only witness at the hearing. He testified that he was addicted to cocaine and had been for the previous four...

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