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State v. Mena

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 21, 1987
505 So. 2d 681 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Opinion

No. 86-867.

April 21, 1987.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Julie S. Thornton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Irv. J. Lamel, Miami, Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Henry H. Harnage, Asst. Public Defender, Bronis Portela and Michael W. Burnbaum, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


The trial court's order dismissing the charges against the defendants is reversed upon the holdings that the State fulfilled its obligation to the defendants when it furnished them with the address of the informer whose name was already known to them, State v. Rodriguez, 483 So.2d 751 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986); and, absent some showing that the State "either through calculated official ignorance or deliberate, intentional activity was at fault for the informer's disappearance in this case, or for its failure to know the informer's whereabouts," Guzman v. State, 498 So.2d 639, 639 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986), the State cannot be held responsible for the defendants' inability to procure the informer as a defense witness at trial.

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.


Summaries of

State v. Mena

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 21, 1987
505 So. 2d 681 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)
Case details for

State v. Mena

Case Details

Full title:THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT, v. CARMELO O. MENA, ZOILA S. GONZALEZ…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Apr 21, 1987

Citations

505 So. 2d 681 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

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