Legal Opinion
State v. Wadsworth
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1973No. 2399PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Vice Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment of guilty to the crime of furnishing marijuana in violation of § 36— 1002.07 A.R.S. with a sentence of .not less than five years nor more than five years and one day in the Arizona State Prison.
The defendant raises only one question on appeal which he states in his brief as follows:
“Does the continued classification of marijuana with the ‘narcotic drugs’ rather than with the ‘dangerous drugs’ and the attendant draconian penalties for a first conviction for furnishing a. small amount of marijuana violate the equal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Tigner v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Patsone v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Boswell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- State v. MurphyArizona Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. RaoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
- State v. VailSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- State v. LeinsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
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