Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Wallace BLUE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-04-21
Citations: 616 So. 2d 632
Docket Number: No. 92-2212
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Wallace BLUE, Appellee.
Judges: DELL, FARMER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 616
Pages: 632–632

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Wallace BLUE, Appellee.
No. 92-2212.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 21, 1993.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the order granting defendant's motion to dismiss the purchase of cocaine charge. Kelly v. State, 593 So.2d 1060 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 599 So.2d 1280 (Fla.1992). We certify the following question to be of great public importance:
DOES A POLICE AGENCY'S CONVERSION OF POWDER COCAINE INTO "CRACK" OR ROCK COCAINE FOR SUBSEQUENT USE IN A REVERSE STING SALE CONSTITUTE ILLEGAL MANUFACTURE OF THE DRUG UNDER CHAPTER 893, FLORIDA STATUTES (1989), AND IF SO, DOES THIS AMOUNT TO A DEPRIVATION OF DUE PROCESS AS WOULD SHIELD FROM PROSECUTION A DEFENDANT ACCUSED OF PURCHASING THIS CRACK COCAINE?
DELL, FARMER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.