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623 So. 2d 471

623 So.2d 471

18 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 432

State v. Robertson

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 1, 1993

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1993-07-01

Relies on State v. Williams · Robertson v. State

Decided 1993-07-01

PER CURIAM.

¶1We have for review Robertson v. State, 605 So.2d 94 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified the following question as one of great public importance:

DOES THE SOURCE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO CONDUCT REVERSE STINGS CONSTITUTIONALLY SHIELD THOSE WHO BECOME ILLICITLY INVOLVED WITH SUCH DRUGS FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY?

¶2Id. at 94. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

¶3We addressed this same issue in State v. Williams, 623 So.2d 462 (Fla.1993), where we held

that the illegal manufacture of crack cocaine by law enforcement officials for use in a reverse-sting operation within 1000 feet of a school constitutes governmental misconduct which violates the due process clause of the Florida Constitution.

¶4*472623 So.2d at 463. Accordingly, we approve the decision of the district court below.

¶5It is so ordered.

BARKETT, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.McDONALD, J., dissents.
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