State v. Jackson

BOBBITT, Chief Justice.

Each count charged a violation of G.S. 90-88, which provided: “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 article [Chapter 90, Article 5].” The first count charged that defendant had possession and control of the described narcotic drugs; the second count charged that defendant dispensed them to one Neil Cooper, age 15. The State offered no evidence that defendant had possession and control of any narcotic drugs except those he…