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- Title: Donald Andrew Boice v. State Florida
- Author : Second District Court of Appeal of Florida
- Release Date : January 11, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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Mr. Boice appeals his convictions and sentences for purchase of cocaine and tampering with evidence. We affirm the conviction
and sentence for the purchase of cocaine, but reverse the conviction and sentence for tampering with evidence. At 6:45 p.m., on February 19, 1988, Mr. Boice stopped his car at an intersection in Winter Haven, Florida, and purchased
a single rock of cocaine in a small bag from an undercover police officer. As soon as Mr. Boice completed the purchase, he
was surrounded by uniformed officers in marked police cars. After the other officers arrived, the undercover officer observed
Mr. Boice throw the bag of cocaine out the window of his car. One of the officers retrieved the bag from the roadway. The
bag was near the door on the driver's side of Mr. Boice's car. The officer who retrieved the bag stated that he just looked
on the ground and located the bag. There is no evidence that the cocaine had been altered or destroyed. After receiving his
Miranda warnings, the defendant admitted that he had purchased the cocaine for his personal use.