233 N.C. App. 516 - State v. Blakney’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “Although the trial court's rulings on relevancy technically are not discretionary and therefore are not reviewed under the abuse of discretion standard applicable to Rule 403, such rulings are given great deference on appeal. Because the trial court is better situated to evaluate whether a particular piece of evidence tends to make the existence of a fact of consequence more or less probable, the appropriate standard of review for a trial court's ruling on relevancy pursuant to Rule 401 is not as deferential as the "abuse of discretion" standard which applies to rulings made pursuant to Rule 403.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 N.C. App. 177 - State v. Rumley

2. “[T]he manner in which the marijuana was packaged (such as four "dime bags") raised more than an inference that defendant intended to sell or deliver the marijuana. Further, the presence of items commonly used in packaging and weighing drugs for sale-a box of sandwich bags and [a] digital scale[ ]-along with a large quantity of cash in small denominations provided additional evidence that defendant intended to sell or deliver marijuana, as opposed to merely possessing it for his own personal use[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 780 - State v. Coley

3. “may be inferred from (1) the packaging, labeling, and storage of the controlled substance, (2) the defendant's activities, (3) the quantity found, and (4) the presence of cash or drug paraphernalia.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 780 - State v. Coley