Weitz v. State

Appellant appeals the lower court’s final judgment adjudicating him guilty of trafficking in cocaine. We find merit in one of appellant’s points on appeal.

At trial, appellant testified in his own behalf and denied all knowledge of the cocaine transaction. On cross-examination of appellant evidence was adduced, over objection, that: (1) appellant had previously made five trips to Colombia, (2) on one of those trips appellant stopped in Medellin, Colombia (which the prosecutor characterized as “the cocaine capital of the world,” although no evidence was presented substantiating this…