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Rollo v. State

Florida Court of Appeals, First District
Nov 30, 2022
No. 1D21-2429 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Nov. 30, 2022)

Opinion

1D21-2429

11-30-2022

Robert Major Rollo, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Kathleen Pafford, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Jovona I. Parker, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County. Darlene F. Dickey, Judge.

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Kathleen Pafford, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Jovona I. Parker, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM

Rollo appeals an order denying his motion to dismiss based on objective entrapment after entering an open plea. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(b)(2)(A)(i) (allowing appeals from pleas if the defendant "expressly reserve[s] the right to appeal a prior dispositive order."). Rollo argues the conduct of law enforcement in engaging a confidential informant to initiate a drug transaction with Rollo as the seller was so outrageous that the government should be barred from invoking the judicial process to obtain a conviction. See State v. Laing, 182 So.3d 812, 816 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016).

We disagree. Law enforcement's work with the confidential informant was controlled, and otherwise appropriate. Rollo had previously sold drugs to the very confidential informant engaged by law enforcement. This was a traditional, straightforward sting operation that has long been understood to be permissible. See Taylor v. State, 634 So.2d 1075 (Fla. 1994). We therefore reject Rollo's argument.

AFFIRMED.

B.L. THOMAS, KELSEY, and LONG, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Rollo v. State

Florida Court of Appeals, First District
Nov 30, 2022
No. 1D21-2429 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Nov. 30, 2022)
Case details for

Rollo v. State

Case Details

Full title:Robert Major Rollo, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Court:Florida Court of Appeals, First District

Date published: Nov 30, 2022

Citations

No. 1D21-2429 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Nov. 30, 2022)