State v. Pribble
Annotate this CaseWhile executing a search warrant at Defendant’s residence, law enforcement officers seized marijuana and methamphetamine. None of the drugs bore the requisite drug tax stamps. After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of numerous drug offenses. Relevant to this appeal were Defendant’s convictions for possession of marijuana with no drug tax stamp and possession of methamphetamine with no drug tax stamp. The Court of Appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part, holding (1) Defendant’s possession of both marijuana and methamphetamine without the appropriate drug tax stamps affixed constituted a single crime that should not have been charged in two counts, and therefore, one count is reversed; (2) Defendant was not deprived of a fair trial by the prosecutor’s closing argument; and (3) Defendant’s sentence was not unconstitutional.
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