Beasley v. State, 75-1719
| Decision Date | 28 June 1978 |
| Docket Number | No. 75-1719,75-1719 |
| Citation | 360 So.2d 1275 |
| Parties | Alton S. BEASLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Philip G. Butler, Jr., of Foley, Colton & Butler, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Anthony J. Golden and Charles A. Stampelos, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Appellant, together with Donald Raulerson and Charles Rampy, was charged with 1) delivery of cocaine and 2) delivery of marijuana. Appellant's case was severed and he was ultimately convicted of delivery of marijuana and sentenced to one year in the County jail.
The facts of the case set forth in appellant's brief are essentially as follows: Joyce Van Landingham, equipped by the State Attorney's office with a concealed microphone-transmitter, went to the law offices of her attorney, Alton Beasley, who was then handling a dissolution of marriage for her. Once at Mr. Beasley's office Mrs. Van Landingham asked Mr. Beasley where she could obtain a quantity of marijuana. Pursuant to that request Mr. Beasley called Donald Raulerson in an effort to locate Charles Rampy and instructed Mrs. Van Landingham to go to Raulerson's grocery store in Fort Pierce, Florida, and to speak only to Charles Rampy, and that Mr. Rampy would be able to arrange a delivery of marijuana for her. Mrs. Van Landingham left Mr. Beasley's office, returned to the office of the State Attorney, and then proceeded to a convenience store and called Donald Raulerson herself. She later went to Raulerson's store and made the arrangements to contact him the following day in order to obtain marijuana. The next day Van Landingham telephoned Raulerson two additional times and later met with him.
Richard Browning of the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office testified that he monitored and taped the conversation between Van Landingham and Alton Beasley that occurred at Beasley's law office. He further testified that he monitored the phone conversation between Van Landingham and Raulerson, and also that he surveiled Van Landingham while she went to meet with Raulerson on both occasions. Further, he received the marijuana from William Boyd after Boyd had received it from Van Landingham.
Deputy Sheriff William Boyd testified that he was involved in the surveillance of Van Landingham when she obtained the marijuana from Raulerson, and he actually received the marijuana from Van Landingham after it was purchased by her.
Robert Blackledge, a chemist, testified that the substance purchased by Joyce Van Landingham from Donald Raulerson was marijuana and a controlled substance under Section 893.13, Florida Statutes (1975).
The appellant, Alton Beasley, testified that he had received information from his estranged wife that several individuals, including Vance Thomas, were involved in smuggling and selling illicit narcotics. This information was obtained from appellant's estranged wife as a result of visits with Mr. Beasley's minor children at the residence of Vance Thomas' father. Appellant expressed concern over the fact that his children were being exposed to a drug related environment by association with Vance Thomas and others that he knew to be involved in narcotics, and that he wished to put a stop to it by having Vance Thomas and the other individuals apprehended. Furthermore, appellant testified that he was advised that a client of his, Donald Raulerson, was working as an undercover agent for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement; he related the information regarding Vance Thomas and Joyce Van Landingham to Donald Raulerson approximately a week before the incident of June 14, 1976. Moreover, he testified that he discussed with Raulerson, in his capacity as an agent of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the possibility of arranging a controlled purchase of narcotics by Joyce Van Landingham from Vance Thomas.
Appellant testified that on June 24, 1975, Joyce Van Landingham visited his office and requested information regarding where she could purchase a quantity of marijuana as well as other illicit narcotics; he left the room and called Donald Raulerson for the purposes of arranging the controlled purchase of marijuana between Joyce Van Landingham and Vance Thomas. After confirming with Mr. Raulerson the arrangements of the controlled purchase, he continued discussing the matter with Joyce Van Landingham in order to demonstrate to her that he was involved and to convince her to enter into the transaction in an effort to apprehend Vance Thomas. H...
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