Wessel Co. v. Surfer Publications

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• increased penalty for unlawful possession occurring “on the premises of a penal institution or local confinement facility”
• “[W]hile guilt of an offense stemming from possession of a controlled substance in a confinement facility does require the defendant to commit a voluntary act, the necessary voluntary act occurs when the defendant knowingly possesses the controlled substance.”
• “As we have previously noted, a defendant who has been found guilty of violating N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-95(e)(9) has necessarily violated N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-95(a)(3) as well. For that reason, the offense made punishable by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-95(a)(3

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