State v. Velasquez

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING GRANTED

The State appeals the trial court’s order reducing a charge of trafficking in cannabis to a charge of possession of cannabis. We reverse. In his motion for rehearing, the appellee, Jorge Velasquez, raises, for the first time, the sole issue of whether an appellate court has jurisdiction to review a trial court’s order reducing a criminal charge. See State v. Richars, 792 So.2d 570 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). We have ruled that we do have jurisdiction in such cases. State v. Exposito, 854 So.2d 674 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). We therefore grant the appellee’s motion for…