Legal Opinion · Dissent

Anderson v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 15, 1982No. CR 82-10Published

1DissentJohn I. Purtle, Justice

The only issue presented to the court is whether Ark. Stat. Ann. § 82-2601 (f) (Repl. 1976) requires proof of the delivery to be accompanied by receipt of money or anything of value in exchange for the controlled substance. To begin let us read the whole of Section (f) which states:

“Deliver” or “delivery” means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled substance in exchange for money or anything of value, whether or not there is an agency relationship.

I have read this section several times and I cannot discover anything ambiguous about it. It…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Austin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  2. Curry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  3. Ryan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976

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