Translate
Text Highlighter

Bookmark

PDF

Share

Report a problem
AMICUS AI
Citation Codes
Equivalent Citations
citation codes
Docket Number
Attorney(S)
Judges
Are you a practicing lawyer?
Enhance your digital presence and reach by creating a Casemine profile.
Upload pleading to use the new AI search
Cites
Cited by
Citation Codes
Equivalent Citations
citation codes
Docket Number
Attorney(S)
Judges

LEROY RHINEHART, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Leroy Rhinehart, appeals from his conviction for delivery of cocaine. He argues that the trial court fundamentally erred when it failed to instruct the jury on the element of knowledge of the illicit nature of the substance pursuant to Chicone v. State, 684 So.2d 736 (Fla. 1996).

At appellant's trial, appellant did not present any evidence or argue that he did not know the illicit nature of the substance he delivered. Appellant's counsel did not request that the trial court give a Chicone instruction. Pursuant to this court's recent decision in Lee v. State, 835 So.2d 1177 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002), we find that this was not fundamental error. We, therefore, affirm appellant's conviction.

AFFIRMED.

POLEN, C.J., KLEIN and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.

Use AI to get other relevant cases.

Comments

RHINEHART v. STATE
(Mar 26, 2003)