Nos. 42018, 42019, 42020, 42021 Precedential Remanded Processed

State v. Morgan

Minnesota Supreme Court · Filed June 26, 1970

Opinion text

Sheran, Justice. In criminal proceedings in the district court the Honorable Daniel F. Foley certified a question of law involved in these cases as important and doubtful, requiring consideration of the problem by this court. Minn. St. 632.10. The question posed is whether a person can be convicted of violating § 618.02 when found in possession of a quantity of marijuana so minimal in amount as to be unusable. The answer to the question certified is to be found in our de- *407 cisión of State v. Resnick, 287 Minn. 168 , 177 N. W. (2d) 418 , where we held that a conviction for violating § 618.02 based upon evidence of possession of a quantity of marijuana so minimal as to be unusable for any purpose having a narcotic effect could not be sustained. The case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings. Remanded.