STATE v. ESTRADA

No. 3D10-647.

76 So.3d 371 (2011)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Cristian ESTRADA and Rodolfo Cortina, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Michael C. Greenberg and Keri T. Joseph , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and Brian Ellison , Assistant Public Defender, for appellee Cristian Estrada; Roderick Vereen , for appellee Rodolfo Cortina.

Before LAGOA and EMAS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


LAGOA, J.

The State of Florida appeals orders dismissing the information charging Cristian Estrada and Rodolfo Cortina (collectively "defendants") with trafficking in cannabis. We reverse.

Defendants were charged with trafficking in cannabis pursuant to section 893.135(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2008), which requires that the cannabis seized weigh in excess of twenty-five pounds. When the defendants were initially arrested and the contraband was seized, the...

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