These sample sentences are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “obscure.” The opinions expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. Britannica German: Translation of arcane for Arabic speaker “arcane”. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arcane. Accessed September 30, 2022. (a) The term narcotics for the purposes of this section includes. Marijuana. Lawmakers have made controlling marijuana a crime. It is not a crime if someone who controls a motel room invites guests who possess marijuana to a room or does not chase away guests who smoke marijuana. The legislator has not yet blamed any citizen for the indulgence of others in his presence.
As a result, the verdict on the conviction in this case will be overturned. The case is referred back to the Court of First Instance for a procedure compatible with this decision. (c) Control refers to the ability to exercise control over a narcotic. After seeing friends of the complainant repeatedly walk through the parking lot to a car, from the car and back to the room, the motel manager called the local police. Early in the morning, police entered the complainant`s room, where they found four marijuana cigarettes, eight marijuana cigarette butts and a hookah. Police searched the car driven by the complainant`s friend and found three plastic bags containing what appeared to be marijuana. The police arrested the three women and charged them under the above-mentioned law. The complainant claimed that she did not break the law, although she admitted to knowing that her friends had brought marijuana into the motel room. The complainant was found guilty by a jury and appealed.
The essential part of the law, article 18-22-104, states: “Any person who knowingly possesses or controls a narcotic must be guilty of a crime. August 27, 2009 Author:Nathan Koppel, Wall Street Journal It is not a crime under the language of the law to have control of a room where marijuana is found. In this case, there was no indication that the complainant had transported the marijuana into the room, handled it, used it or asked others to transport, handle or use it. There is also no evidence that the complainant, because she rented the room, had any special authority over the disposition, location or use of marijuana. It is therefore not reasonable to conclude from the complainant`s control of the room that she, and not one of the other people in the room, had “control” over the marijuana in the room. The only issue in this appeal is whether the evidence presented in court was sufficient to support the conviction of the appellant Maud Arcane for possession or control of a narcotic or a controlled substance (marijuana) under section 18-2-104 of the R.F.A. We do not find sufficient evidence on the basis of which trier could establish beyond any doubt that the complainant was guilty of the alleged offence and thus reverse the situation. The complainant was arrested at the Blue Spruce Motel in Dusty Cow Town and charged with contravening the Narcotic Control Act.
The complainant traveled through D.C.T. and decided to stop and call friends she knew. Her two friends came to the Blue Spruce Motel, where the complainant had rented a room. The complainant fell asleep while her two friends were watching television. They also had fun smoking a lot of marijuana with a few beers they had brought with them. (b) for the purposes of this Division, the term possess means to physically hold or carry one`s person. In this case, there is no indication that the complainant knowingly possessed narcotics. Therefore, this conviction can only be upheld if there is sufficient evidence that the complainant knowingly had narcotics under her control. In Nasdy v.
Fremen, in similar factual circumstances, that court had occasion to interpret the definition of legislative control as `the capacity to exercise domination`. In Fremen, we found that the exercise of domination meant “having the power to move, locate, dispose of, or use the narcotic, or to determine its disposition, movement, location, or use,” 725 Fic.2d 1297, 1300 (1979). Looking at the evidence in court in the most favorable light for the people, the facts in this case are as follows:.
