Legal Opinion

State v. Jeffries

Utah Supreme Court

Decided September 1, 2009No. 20080009PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILKINS, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

11 Defendant Edgar Jeffries appeals his conviction for distribution of a counterfeit substance and asks us to determine whether his actions fall under the definition of a counterfeit substance as defined in the Utah Controlled Substance Act, Utah Code section 58-37-2106), or an imitation controlled substance as defined in the Imitation Controlled Substance Act, Utah Code section 58-87b-2(8).

BACKGROUND

T2 On April 30, 2007, Officer Earl Rose was working undercover near 200 South and 500 West in Salt Lake City. At about 6:00 p.m., Officer Rose saw a woman walking…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. State v. ShondelUtah Supreme Court · 1969
  4. State v. BluffUtah Supreme Court · 2002
  5. State v. MohiUtah Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Bagley v. BagleyUtah Supreme Court · 2016
  2. State v. DrejUtah Supreme Court · 2010
  3. State v. JeffsUtah Supreme Court · 2010
  4. State v. J.M.S.Utah Supreme Court · 2011
  5. Oliver v. Utah Labor Comm'nUtah Supreme Court · 2017

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