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613 So. 2d 612

State v. Mendiola

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 24, 1993

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1993-02-24

Relies on State v. Arndt · 586 So. 2d 319 - State v. Hunter · 597 So. 2d 813 - State v. Evans

Decided 1993-02-24

PER CURIAM.

¶1The state appeals the trial court’s dismissal of the charges of trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine against appellees Alejandro Mendiola and Giovanna Castillo. Castillo was brought into a drug deal by a confidential informant. Mendiola was subsequently brought into the deal by Castillo.

¶2Based on Hunter v. State, 586 So.2d 319, 322 (Fla.1991), we reverse the trial court’s ruling as to Mendiola. However, we affirm the trial court’s dismissal of Castillo’s charges because the trial court’s findings amount to entrapment as a matter of law. Id. See also State v. Evans, 597 So.2d 813 (Fla. 2d DCA), rev. denied, 601 So.2d 553 (1992).

*613ANSTEAD and WARNER, JJ., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, concur.
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