What is drug trafficking in Florida? See 2026 weight thresholds and mandatory minimums by drug, how weight is proven, and how trafficking cases are defended.
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What is drug trafficking in Florida? See 2026 weight thresholds and mandatory minimums by drug, how weight is proven, and how trafficking cases are defended.
Continue reading ›Updated November 8, 2026 Eight new Florida criminal laws took effect on October 1, 2026. They made violating a no-contact order in a violent-crime case its own crime, created new third-degree felonies for indecent exposure while observing a child, selling nitrous oxide from tobacco and vape retailers, rental application fraud, and aggravated animal cruelty in…
Continue reading ›Updated November 8, 2026 Yes, for most retailers. Since October 1, 2026, Florida’s Meg’s Law, section 569.216, makes it a third-degree felony for a licensed tobacco or nicotine dealer, or any agent or employee of the dealer, to possess, sell, deliver, or give away nitrous oxide on or from the licensed premises. That covers smoke…
Continue reading ›Fully rewritten and updated October 26, 2026. Usually not. In Florida, prosecutors do not have to reveal a confidential informant’s identity unless the informant will testify at a hearing or trial, or unless keeping the identity secret would violate the defendant’s constitutional rights. Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.220(g)(2) and Roviaro v. United States,…
Continue reading ›Rewrite/update date: September 2, 2026 It can end the case. In Florida, the State must prove the exact substance named in the charging document — in July 2026, an appellate court ordered a full acquittal because the State charged trafficking in “fentanyl” but its own evidence proved the substance was para-fluorofentanyl, a legally distinct drug.…
Continue reading ›A fentanyl trafficking charge in Florida is serious, but it is defensible. The strongest defenses attack three things: whether the search that found the drugs was legal, whether the State can prove the drugs were knowingly yours, and whether the verified weight actually crosses a trafficking threshold. Pushing the confirmed weight below 4 grams can…
Continue reading ›Hemp Legalization Requires Chemical Testing to Prove Illegal Cannabis Campbell v. State, No. 2D2023-0651 (Fla. 2d DCA Mar. 26, 2025) Case Summary Holding: Florida’s Second DCA reversed a cannabis trafficking conviction because the State only tested 1 of 50 bundles—failing to prove the total quantity exceeded the legal hemp THC threshold. Key Rule: After hemp…
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