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CONAGE v. UNITED STATES

No. SC20-1441.

346 So.3d 594 (2022)

Michael Anthony CONAGE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 25, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Fitzgerald Hall , Federal Defender, James T. Skuthan , First Assistant Federal Defender, Conrad Benjamin Kahn , Interim Chief of Appeals, Katherine Howard , Research and Writing Specialist, Federal Defender's Office, Orlando, Florida, for Appellant.

Roger B. Handberg , United States Attorney, David P. Rhodes , Chief, Appellate Division, Holly L. Gershow , Assistant United States Attorney, Appellate Division, Middle District, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee.

Henry C. Whitaker , Solicitor General, Jeffrey Paul DeSousa , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and David M. Costello , Assistant Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae State of Florida.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has certified to us a question about the meaning of the word "purchase" in Florida's drug trafficking law. The court asks whether a completed purchase of illegal drugs necessarily entails the defendant purchaser's possession of those drugs, as federal law defines possession. We...

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