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Mancini v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 9, 1976
334 So. 2d 66 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

Opinion

No. 75-1198.

June 2, 1976. Rehearing Denied July 9, 1976.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Arden M. Siegendorf, J.

Stephen F. Bazzano, Miami, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Arthur Joel Berger, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Roy J. Kahn, Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and HENDRY, J., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.


Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction of possession of a controlled substance for which he received a one-year sentence in the Dade County Stockade.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred, in admitting into evidence a plastic vial seized containing the contraband capsules, when the arresting officer testified that there was a different number and initials on the vial, although the vial appeared, otherwise, to be the same as the one seized.

We find no merit in appellant's contention, inasmuch as, the parties entered into a pretrial stipulation as to the chain of custody from the time the incriminating evidence left the control of the arresting officer; and also as to the laboratory report defining the substance of the confiscated pills.

Our review of the evidence presented and the stipulation entered into convinces us that the trial court was correct in overruling the objections of the defendant to the admission of the exhibit in question and that the state made the required evidentiary showing to support the appellant's conviction.

No reversible error having been shown, the judgment and sentence appealed are affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Mancini v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 9, 1976
334 So. 2d 66 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)
Case details for

Mancini v. State

Case Details

Full title:ANTHONY MANCINI, JR., APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 9, 1976

Citations

334 So. 2d 66 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)