Childs v. the State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that evidence was insufficient to show that defendant knew weight of cocaine when quantity was just in excess of 28 grams and there was no evidence of scales or other items used to measure, weigh, or package contraband
• evidence insufficient where quantity was just in excess of 28 grams and there was no other evidence indicating defendant had knowledge of its weight
• evidence insufficient to show knowledge of trafficking amount where cocaine found was only slightly higher than trafficking amount, and there was no evidence to show defendant had weighed cocaine or was familiar with trafficking amounts
• evidence insufficient to show knowledge of trafficking amount where cocaine found was only slightly higher than trafficking amount and there was no evidence to show defendant had weighed cocaine or was familiar with trafficking amounts
• evidence insufficient to show defendant’s knowledge of trafficking weight of cocaine where the quantity was just in excess of 28 grams and there was no evidence that defendant had scales or other items used to measure, weigh or package contraband
• evidence insufficient to show defendant’s knowledge of trafficking weight of cocaine where the quantity was just in excess of 28 grams and there was no evidence that defendant had scales or other items used to measure, weigh or package contraband

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).