Jordan and Letendre v. State

OPINION

Judge MANNHEIMER:

The defendants in these two appeals were convicted of violating AS 11.71.040(a2)(8)(F)-ie., possessing marijuana "lin] an aggregate weight of four ounces or more"-after the police found marijuana on their residential properties,

Both defendants now assert that their juries should have been instructed that even if the marijuana in their possession actually weighed four ounces or more, it would be a defense to this charge if the defendant made, a reasonable mistake regarding the weight of the marijuana.

(In Jordan's case, the jury received no instruction on this point. In…