Legal Opinion

Pocock v. State

Court of Appeals of Alaska

Decided February 24, 2012No. A-10574Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Richard Pocock was convicted of three counts of second-degree controlled substance misconduct for three sales of heroin. Two of these sales involved 0.08 grams of heroin, and the third sale involved 0.06 grams. The selling price for each of the three sales was $50.

(One ounce equals 28.35 grams. Thus, two of Pocock's sales involved slightly more than one-thousandth of an ounce, and the third sale involved slightly more than two-thousandths of an ounce.)

Second-degree controlled substance misconduct is a class A felony.1 Because Pocock was a third felony offender, he…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1985
  2. Michael v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Garner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2012
  4. In Re BeimsSupreme Court of Kansas · 2009

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