Baker v. State

Full title: CHARLES BAKER, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Court: Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jun 2, 1994

19 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 299 (Fla. 1994)

19 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 299

636 So. 2d 1348

Opinion

636 So.2d 1347 (Fla. 1994) 19 Fla. L. Weekly S 299 Charles BAKER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 81614. Supreme Court of Florida. June 2, 1994

       Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal--Constitutional Construction, Fourth District--No. 92-0946, Broward County.

       Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Allen J. DeWeese, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

       Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joan Fowler, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. and Sarah B. Mayer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

       PER CURIAM.

       We review Baker v. State, 614 So.2d 559 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993), based on conflict. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, Sec. 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

       We recently resolved the issue presented in this case in Metcalf v. State, 635 So.2d 11 (Fla.1994), where we found a due process violation when police used illegally manufactured drugs in a reverse-sting operation. On authority of Metcalf we quash the decision under review.

       It is so ordered.        GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.

       McDONALD, Senior Justice, dissents.