State v. Estrada

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(l)(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 cannabis weighed twenty-six pounds. 1 Approximately seventeen months later, the defendants’ expert witness, Dr. Hall, weighed the cannabis again. He…