District Court of Appeal of Florida

A conviction for tampering with evidence is reversed since defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted under circumstances where an officer was about to stop defendant, who was on a bicycle, defendant opened a container, dropped cocaine rocks on the ground, tossed the container five feet, and both were easily found.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2006
• Published 07/12/2006

Judges

• KLEIN, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.