Case Name: Reinardo GARCIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-04-21
Citations: 873 So. 2d 426
Docket Number: No. 3D03-1746
Parties: Reinardo GARCIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before GERSTEN, GODERICH and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 873
Pages: 426–427

Head Matter:
Reinardo GARCIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D03-1746.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 21, 2004.
Richard Docobo, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Annette M. Lizardo, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before GERSTEN, GODERICH and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant, Reinardo Garcia, appeals from his convictions and sentences for sale of cocaine and trafficking in cocaine arguing that the trial court abused its discre tion by admitting into evidence the cocaine seized from both transactions without requiring the State to establish a complete chain of custody. We affirm based on our finding that the State was not required to establish a complete chain of custody where the record does not demonstrate that there was a probability of tampering with the evidence. Davis v. State, 788 So.2d 308, 310 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001); Creme v. State, 752 So.2d 1238 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).
Affirmed.