Case Name: Christine JENKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-11-12
Citations: 588 So. 2d 683
Docket Number: No. 91-1594
Parties: Christine JENKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 588
Pages: 683–684

Head Matter:
Christine JENKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-1594.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 12, 1991.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Rosa C. Figarola, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard S. Fechter, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HUBBART, FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Christine Jenkins appeals her conviction and two and one-half year sentence for the sale of cocaine as a lesser included offense of the charge of selling cocaine within 1000 feet of a school.
Jenkins contends, and the State correctly concedes, that the trial court erred in refusing to give the defense requested instruction on entrapment where the evidence presented at trial supported such an instruction. The rule in Florida is clear that a defendant is entitled to have the jury instructed on the rules of law applicable to a theory of defense if there is any evidence to support such instruction. Campbell v. State, 577 So.2d 932 (Fla.1991); Bryant v. State, 412 So.2d 347 (Fla.1982).
The conviction and sentence are reversed and the cause is remanded for a new trial.