Legal Opinion

Bushong v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 13, 1979No. CR 79-161PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Robert Bushong, the appellant, was convicted of possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver it and sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined $5,000.00.

Bushong was charged in Fulton County, Arkansas but tried in Izard County, the court having granted a motion for change of venue.

Bushong alleges four errors: First, there is a three-fold attack on his prosecution under Arkansas’ Controlled Substances Act. Bushong alleges the Act amounts to an invalid delegation of legislative authority; that the Commissioner of Narcotic and Toxic Substances has failed to…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Degler v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  3. People v. Stark and PeacockSupreme Court of Colorado · 1965
  4. The PEOPLE v. SimsIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Gammel v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Earl v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  2. Parker v. CorrothersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  3. Wofford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  4. Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  5. Fairchild v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002

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