Chesnut v. State

HERSEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of possession of cannabis in excess of one hundred pounds. Four judicial acts are urged as error, two of which merit consideration.

In response to a call from a charter boat captain, two Martin County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Manatee Boat Dock. There they observed appellants’ vessel in tow behind the charter boat. A search of the vessel revealed in excess of one hundred pounds of cannabis in the cabin whereupon appellants were arrested and, in due course, tried, convicted and sentenced for a second degree felony.

Appellants…