State v. Flood

Littlejohn, Justice:

The defendant, William A. Flood, was tried in the Court of General Sessions for Richland County on December 15 and 16, 1970, and convicted of violating Section 32-1492.1 of the 1962 Code, making it unlawful to possess and sell marihuana. He has appealed the conviction and sentence to this court.

The code section involved reads in part as follows:

“§ 32-1492.1. Unlawful sale of certain drugs; penalties; presumption from possession. — It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or possess for sale any cocaine, alpha-or beta-eucaine, opium, morphine, heroin,…