Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. John Francis ROBERTSON, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-07-01
Citations: 623 So. 2d 471
Docket Number: No. 80731
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. John Francis ROBERTSON, Respondent.
Judges: BARKETT, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 623
Pages: 471–472

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. John Francis ROBERTSON, Respondent.
No. 80731.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 1, 1993.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Joan Fowler, Bureau Chief, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. and Douglas J. Glaid, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Joseph R. Chloupek, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Robertson v. State, 605 So.2d 94 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified the following question as one of great public importance:
DOES THE SOURCE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO CONDUCT REVERSE STINGS CONSTITUTIONALLY SHIELD THOSE WHO BECOME ILLICITLY INVOLVED WITH SUCH DRUGS FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY?
Id. at 94. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.
We addressed this same issue in State v. Williams, 623 So.2d 462 (Fla.1993), where we held
that the illegal manufacture of crack cocaine by law enforcement officials for use in a reverse-sting operation within 1000 feet of a school constitutes governmental misconduct which violates the due process clause of the Florida Constitution.
623 So.2d at 463. Accordingly, we approve the decision of the district court below.
It is so ordered.
BARKETT, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.
McDONALD, J., dissents.