Ivey v. State

Mobdey, Presiding Justice.

John Ivey appealed from his conviction of the offense of possessing the dangerous drug marijuana, enumerating as error the refusal to sustain his demurrer to the indictment, the refusal to give certain instructions to the jury, and the denial of his motion for new trial on the general grounds.

The only ground of demurrer to the indictment argued is the contention that the inclusion of marijuana as a narcotic drug in the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act of 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, pp. 296, 325) violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the State and Federal…