ORTIZ v. STATE

Nos. 93-3645, 93-3704.

654 So.2d 1002 (1995)

Jose ORTIZ and Nestor Ramos, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Motion for Clarification Denied June 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norliza Batts, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant Jose Ortiz.

Richard Jorandby, Public Defender, and Steven Malone, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant Nestor Ramos.

Robert Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Melvina R. Flaherty, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STEVENSON, Judge.

Appellants, Nestor Ramos and Jose Ortiz, were tried by jury and both convicted of one count of trafficking in cocaine and one count of conspiracy to traffic in over 400 grams of cocaine. We affirm the conviction of Ortiz but reverse that of Ramos.

At trial, Ramos did not dispute that he had engaged in the sale of cocaine to Detective Dan Losey but defended his conduct by arguing that he had been entrapped by a professional confidential informant...

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