State v. Rao

The defendant was charged with possession of a cannabis-type substance, marihuana, with intent to sell or dispense it, in the town of *601Hamden on September 12,1974, in violation of Public Acts 1974, No. 74-332, § 2 (b) (now General Statutes § 19-480 [b] ).1 The defendant filed a motion to quash the information claiming that the statute he allegedly violated denied him equal protection of the law contrary to the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States and § 20 of article first of the constitution of Connecticut, “The Connecticut constitutional provision…