State v. Nero
State v. Nero
623 So. 2d 468; 18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 431; 1993 Fla. LEXIS 1155; 1993 WL 241019
(Southern Reporter, Second Series)
State v. Nero
Opinion of the Court
We have for review Nero v. State, 604 So.2d 550 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified the same question that it certified in Williams v. State, 593 So.2d 1064 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992):
*468 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?
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.
623 So.2d at 463. Accordingly, we approve the decision of the district court below.
It is so ordered.
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