People v. Porterfield

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of conspiracy to deliver over 50 grams of a controlled substance, MCL 750.157a; MSA 28.354(1) and MCL 333.7401(2)(a)(iii); MSA 14.15(7401)(2)(a)(iii). Defendant was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. Thereafter, the trial court denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

We first reject the defendant’s claims: (1) that he was denied equal protection of the law because the statutory scheme punishes weight and not purity of the controlled substance mixture; and (2) that the controlled substances act violates the title-object clause of the…