State v. Hall

¶1. Darryl J. Hall challenges the constitutionality of the drug tax stamp law ("the stamp law"), cited in full below.1 Hall was *62convicted and sentenced to two consecutive three-year sentences under the stamp law, and, concurrently, two *63consecutive 30-year sentences for delivery of cocaine base convictions. The delivery convictions, and their *6430-year sentences, are not before us. The stamp law requires dealers to purchase tax stamps for illegal drugs in their possession and affix the stamps to the *65drugs. Hall argues that the stamp law is unconstitutional because it violates his privilege against…