Walker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[Tjhis legislation is intended to clarify the law in Alaska concerning possession of marijuana, in light of the decision of the Supreme Court of Alaska in Ravin v. State, 537 P.2d 494 (Alaska 1975). Ravin held that Alaska’s constitutional right to privacy protects the possession and use of marijuana by an adult, in the home, in amounts indicative of personal use in a purely personal, non-commercial context. The approach taken in this Act is to define, for purposes of the decision in Ravin , an amount which is indicative of personal use, and to provide a clear line of demarcation of four ounces, so that citizens of this state will know precisely what conduct is prohibited.”

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

2. “the legislature nevertheless has the power to set reasonable limits on the amount of marijuana that people can possess for personal use in their homes”

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