State v. Gonzalez

The state appeals from the circuit court’s order granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss numerous drug trafficking-related charges under section 893.135(l)(c), Florida Statutes (2009). The state argues the court erred in finding that the state was limited to charging the defendant, a medical doctor, with illicit conduct by a prescribing practitioner under section 893.13(8), Florida Statutes (2009). We agree with the state’s argument and reverse.

The state’s information charged the defendant -with twenty-two counts. Twenty of those counts included charges for racketeering, conspiracy to…