Legal Opinion
State v. Alley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 12, 1970PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARDEN, Justice.
On appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment charging appellant with unlawful possession of a certain narcotic drug.
The proscription appears in 22 M.R.S.A. § 2362, which reads:
“It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, possess, have under his control, sell, prescribe, administer, dispense or compound any narcotic drug, except as authorized in this chapter.”
Section 2361, subsection 15 in pertinent part defined narcotic drugs as follows:
“ ‘Narcotic drugs’ means coca leaves, opium, isonipecaine, cannabis * * *.”
Section 2361, subsection 4 defined…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- People v. OliverNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- United States v. ReisingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- People v. HarmonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
- State v. CharetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
- Penn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. Steve A. WaltonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- State v. ParkerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- State v. AllenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- State v. ReisHawaii Supreme Court · 2007
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