JEFFREY JOSEPH, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• State v. Hunter, 586 So. 2d 319 (Fla. 1991)
  …contacts with Hunter. When a middleman, not a state agent, induces another person to engage in a crime, entrapment is not an available defense. State v. Garcia, 528 So. 2d 76 (Fla. 2d DCA), review denied, 536 So. 2d 244 (Fla.1988); Acosta v. State, 477 So. 2d 9 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985); State v. Perez, 438 So. 2d 436 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). Conklin, not Diamond, brought Hunter into the scheme, and Hunter’s involvement was wholly voluntary even though his motive may have been benevolent. Hunter, therefore, should not…
• State v. Garcia, 528 So. 2d 76 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988)
  …A 1988). However, this does not entitle ap-pellees to use the same defense. Several cases have held that the defense of entrapment is not available if the inducement to act comes from a private citizen who is not a government agent. Acosta v. State, 477 So. 2d 9 (Fla.3d DCA 1985); State v. Perez, 438 So. 2d 436 (Fla.3d DCA 1983). Those cases are analogous to the case here. Although the middleman may have been entrapped because of the informant’s actions, appellees had no contact with the informant. When a m…
• Acosta v. State, 488 So. 2d 864 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986)
  …PER CURIAM. We find no merit in any of the points raised by appellant. See Acosta v. State, 477 So. 2d 9 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). Affirmed.…

Authorities Cited

• State of Fla. ex rel. Lender Lee Maines & Charlie B. Brown v. The Honorable Paul Baker, 254 So. 2d 207 (Fla. 1971)
• State v. MAY, 332 So. 2d 146 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976)