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WATKINS v. STATE

Nos. 96-2757, 96-4331.

701 So.2d 592 (1997)

Dennis WATKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Glen P. Gifford, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee; and C. Gary Wainwright, appearing pro hac vice, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Stephen R. White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Roy S. Ward of Philip Russell, P.C., Greenwich, CT, Amicus Curiae for National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

LAWRENCE, Judge.

Dennis M. Watkins (Watkins) appeals his convictions and sentences for marijuana-related offenses in two cases, consolidated before us for review. He argues that the inclusion of cannabis as a schedule I drug in section 893.03(1), Florida Statutes (1993), is unconstitutional.1 We affirm.

Forty-eight-year-old Watkins committed these crimes on October 30, 1994, when he distributed marijuana cigarettes at a Gainesville...

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