STATE v. CHAVIS

No. 676.

154 S.E.2d 340 (1967)

270 N.C. 306

STATE v. Albert CHAVIS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 10, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Staff Attorney Ralph White, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

James R. Nance, Jr., Fayetteville, for defendant appellant.


BOBBITT, Justice.

G.S. § 90-88 provides: "It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, possess, have under his control, sell, prescribe, administer, dispense, or compound any narcotic drug, except as authorized in this article." (Our italics.) Marijuana (marihuana) is a narcotic drug and so defined in G.S. § 90-87(1) and (9). Defendant is charged with the unlawful possession thereof.

The State contends envelopes containing marijuana...

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