State v. Morris

Appellant Joellen Eileen Morris purchased three-sixteenths of an ounce of cocaine from an undercover police informer. She was convicted of delivering a controlled substance. The sole issue in this case is whether a purchaser "delivers” a controlled substance, within the meaning of the statutory definition of "deliver” in the Washington Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Uniform Act): the "transfer from one person to another of a [controlled] substance.” We hold that the indicia of legislative intent — the statutory definition of "deliver”, the common meaning of "transfer”, the consistent…