QUICK v. STATE

No. 4D09-1274.

46 So.3d 1159 (2010)

Michael QUICK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Christine C. Geraghty , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying appellant's request for a jury instruction on the affirmative defense of lack of knowledge that the substance he possessed was cocaine. We reverse appellant's conviction for possession of cocaine and remand for a new trial.

Appellant was arrested when a Broward County Sheriff's deputy witnessed appellant drinking a beer in a gas station parking lot in violation of a...

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