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Rios v. State
905 So. 2d 931
| Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 2005
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905 So. 2d 931 (2005)

Nestor RIOS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D03-395.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 3, 2005.
Rehearing Denied July 12, 2005.

Heather M. Gray of Bodiford & Associates, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Franklin, Assistant *932 Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The State charged Nestor Rios and several codefendants with racketeering, conspiracy and drug trafficking offenses. Rios was tried with codefendant Miguel Cabrera. As we have explained in our opinion in Cabrera v. State, 890 So. 2d 506, 508 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005), the trial court committed fundamental error by including the conjunction and/or between Rios's and Cabrera's names in the jury instructions for the various crimes. For example, in a trafficking instruction, the judge stated that the jurors must find that "Miguel A. Cabrera and/or Nelson E. Rios knew that the substance was heroin...." The State has conceded that the decision in Cabrera controls this appeal. Accordingly, we reverse Rios's convictions and remand for a new trial.

Reversed and remanded.

CASANUEVA and LaROSE, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Rios v. State
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Jun 3, 2005
Citation: 905 So. 2d 931
Docket Number: 2D03-395
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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