People v. Houston
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
The principal questions before this court are (1) whether the State Legislature, under the Marihuana Reform Act of 1977 (L 1977, ch 360, eff July 27, 1977), graded the prohibited sale or possession of marihuana on a "pure” weight basis, rather than on an "aggregate” weight basis and, (2) assuming the Legislature did enact a "pure” weight standard at the time, *371whether the People proved beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant-appellant made a criminal sale of more than 16 ounces of unadulterated and undiluted marihuana to a police informer on August 11, 1977. For…
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