RICKETTS v. STATE

No. 4D11-1260.

125 So.3d 194 (2013)

Jerome RICKETTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Narine N. Austin , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jacqueline N. Brown , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, J.

The defendant was convicted of violating sections 893.135(1)(a) and 893.03(1)(c), Florida Statutes (2009). He now appeals his conviction and sentence arguing (1) that the trial court improperly admitted Williams rule evidence of empty crates found in his storage unit, which alerted a drug-sniffing K9 to the presence of marijuana, and (2) that section 893.135 is facially unconstitutional. We disagree with the defendant and hold that (1) the trial court...

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