68 Wis. 2d 381 - Fletcher v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 18 state decisions

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1. ““The chemist who analyzed the contents of the several tinfoil packets testified that the total weight of the matter contained in one packet was two tenths of a gram, five percent of which was heroin, ninety-five percent of which was diluting material. Thus each packet contained ten milligrams or so of heroin, which defendant contends is too minute to have commercial value or constitute a usable quantity of the drug. Our court follows the majority rule, in sale or possession cases, that ‘. . . possession of a modicum of an illegal drug is sufficient to bring the defendant within the purview of the statute. . . / The statutes here involved do not prescribe any minimum amount which must exist, and such amount . . need not be a usable amount. . . ” (Emphasis supplied) . Fletcher v. State, supra at 384-85.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 83 Wis. 2d 224 - Peasley v. State