J. Ruffin Hunt

The defense of "entrapment" was codified by Florida's legislature in Section 777.201 of the Florida Statutes as follows: A law enforcement officer, a person engaged in cooperation with a law enforcement officer, or a person acting as an agent of a law enforcement officer perpetrates an entrapment if, for the purpose of obtaining evidence of the commission of a crime, he or she induces or encourages and, as a direct result, causes another person to engage in conduct constituting such crime by...

In October of 2025, Florida's Second District Court of Appeal sent shockwaves through the criminal law community by changing course on the longstanding precedent that the odor of cannabis alone was sufficient to establish probable cause.

Verdict Alert - Not Guilty on all Felony Charges (03/27/2026) - 25CF017267