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· 2/22/1984

United States v. Cornelius Franklin

Citations

  • 728 F.2d 994
  • 15 Fed. R. Serv. 174
  • 80 A.L.R. Fed. 385
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 25259

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  • holding that possession of 35 grams of cocaine, without other indicia of narcotics distribution, was insufficient as a matter of law to support an inference of intent to distribute
  • full custodial arrest for absence of license plate, state inspection sticker and city and county permit upheld under the Fourth Amendment
  • small amount of drugs does not preclude a finding of intent to distribute when addi- tional circumstances evidence such an intent

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Judges: Lay, McMillian, Dumbauld

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