EEOC v. Ferrellgas, L.P.

How courts have described this case

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

• “since the [CSA] specifies no minimum amount, any amount of drugs, however small, will support a conviction . . . of intent to distribute”
• inference of cocaine distribution sufficiently supported where defendant was found with small quantity of drugs, a scale and cut and a gun
• “[I]t is the task of the jury, not the court, to choose among competing inferences. Moreover, the jury's verdict may be based entirely on circumstantial evidence.”
• “[P]ossession of [a] loaded firearm, irrespective of whether [the defendant] was or was not a user” can “by itself provide[] strong evidence of [the defendant’s] intent to distribute.”
• “In addition, and particularly in light of Martinez’s admission that he was not a user, his physical possession of a scale, cut, and a loaded firearm supported the jury’s rejection of his personal-use defense.”
• “ ‘Circumstantial evidence alone is sufficient to sustain a conviction ....’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).