Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert M. STAFFORD, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-10-06
Citations: 629 So. 2d 860
Docket Number: No. 93-0042
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert M. STAFFORD, Appellee.
Judges: HERSEY and KLEIN, JJ., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 629
Pages: 860–861

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert M. STAFFORD, Appellee.
No. 93-0042.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 6, 1993.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Barbara J. Wolfe, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse but certify the following question as one of great public importance:
Whether the manufacture of crack cocaine by law enforcement officials for use in a reverse-sting operation constitutes governmental misconduct which violates the due process clause of the Florida Constitution, where the charge is solicitation to pur chase, i.e. whether Metcalf v. State, 614 So.2d 548 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993), is correct?
Reversed.
HERSEY and KLEIN, JJ., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, concur.