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STATE v. GILBERT

No. 86-1259.

507 So.2d 637 (1987)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. James GILBERT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard B. Martell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

William J. Sheaffer, P.A., Orlando, for appellee.

ORFINGER, Judge.

The trial court erred in holding that an experienced narcotics officer could not testify as to the weight of a bag containing cocaine which he had seen the defendant remove from his back, tear open and throw into a pond. An experienced narcotics officer (as well as a lay witness) can testify to the approximate weight of a given matter. Madruga v. State, 434 So.2d 331 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Capo v. State,...

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