Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Thus, Collins and Morgan stand for the proposition that separate convictions for dealing and possession based upon a single sale of narcotics may be sustained, but to do so the State must make clear that only the quantity sold forms the basis of the dealing charge, while only the quantity retained after the sale forms the basis of the possession charge. If this is not made clear, proof that the defendant dealt narcotics could also form the basis for proving that the defendant first possessed narcotics, allowing a defendant to be convicted twice for possession and dealing the same drug, a result forbidden by Mason. Mason [v. State], supra, 582 N.E.2d [1169] at 1172 [(Ind.1989)]....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Townsend v. State