Drug Loitering

Drug Loitering A police officer on patrol comes upon a group of six youths one night. They are gathered on a corner in a high-crime area known for its drug dealing and gang activities. The officer observes the youths for about 10 minutes and sees a number of other persons approach the group, seeming to engage in some transactions involving the exchange of money for something in bags.

Describe what other evidence, if any, the officer would need in order to arrest the youths for drug loitering.

Possession and Intent to Sell Because of the stiffer felony penalties imposed for possession with the intent to sell versus mere possession, many states forbid prosecutors from assuming that there is an intent to sell based on the defendant’s mere possession of a controlled substance. If a suspected drug dealer is arrested with nine baggies of marijuana in his possession, a marijuana pipe, a bag of marijuana seeds, but only $20 in cash on his person, what are the chances that he could be charged with possession with the intent to sell? Why?

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