STATE v. VERNON

Nos. 48550, 48871, 48880 and 49788.

283 N.W.2d 516 (1979)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Harold VERNON, Appellant. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jeffrey E. CARLSON, Appellant. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Dennis Henry FINLAY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurzman & Mahanan, Marc G. Kurzman, and Ronald S. Goldser, Minneapolis, for Vernon and Carlson.

Ellis Olkon, Minneapolis, for Vernon.

Kurzman & Mahanan and Marc G. Kurzman, Minneapolis, for Finlay.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for State in Nos. 48550, 48871, 48880.

Gary W. Flakne, County Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Asst. County Atty., Chief, Appellate Section, and David W. Larson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for State in No. 48550.

William B. Randall, County Atty., and Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for State in Nos. 48871, 48880.

Thomas W. Foley, County Atty., and Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for State in No. 49788.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and WAHL and KENNEDY, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


CHARLES W. KENNEDY, Justice.*

These consolidated appeals challenge the constitutionality of the regulation of cocaine in the controlled substances law, Minn.St. c. 152.

Jeffrey E. Carlson was charged in Hennepin County with possession with intent to sell, and sale of cocaine in violation of Minn.St. 152.09, subd. 1(1). Harold Vernon was charged in Hennepin County with possession of cocaine in violation of Minn.St. 152.09, subd...

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