Florida legal term
Controlled sale in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Controlled sale” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Controlled sale” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Controlled sale” means the sale of contraband, controlled substances, or other items that are material to a criminal investigation to a target offender which is initiated, managed, overseen, or participated in by law enforcement personnel with the knowledge of a confidential informant.(d) “Law enforcement agency” means an agency having a primary mission of preventing and detecting crime and the enforcement of the penal, criminal, traffic, or highway laws of the state and that in furtherance of that primary mission employs law enforcement officers as defined in s. 943.10.(e) “Target offender” (Fla. Stat. § 914.28)
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