STATE v. CASTRO

No. 3D02-712.

840 So.2d 1121 (2003)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Manuel CASTRO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Roberta G. Mandel, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Ileana Haedo, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE, and WELLS, JJ.


WELLS, Judge.

The State appeals from an order reducing a charge of trafficking in cannabis to a charge of possession of cannabis. We reverse.

Section 893.135, Florida Statutes (2002) provides in part:

(1) Except as authorized in this chapter or in chapter 499 and notwithstanding the provisions of s. 893.13: (a) Any person who knowingly sells, purchases, manufactures, delivers, or brings into this state, or who is knowingly in actual or constructive...

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