Bize v. Boyer

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• adjudicating juvenile delinquent of lesser offense of possession of cocaine where evidence showed possession of ten pieces of cocaine in ring baggies
• finding no intent to sell because there was no testimony that quantity and packaging were indications of an intent to sell, as opposed to holding contraband for personal use
• reversing defendant’s adjudication of delinquency for possession of cocaine with intent to sell where “officer did not testify that the quantity and packaging of [rock cocaine] were indicative of an intent to sell, as opposed to holding the contraband for personal use”
• evidence insufficient in absence of expert police testimony that quantity and packaging of drugs were indicative of intent to sell
• evidence of ten pieces of cocaine in plastic baggies was insufficient to show intent to sell
• evidence that juvenile possessed ten cocaine rocks that were wrapped in individual plastic bags was insufficient to establish that juvenile possessed the cocaine with intent to sell, absent evidence that quantity and packaging were indicative of intent to sell.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).