Idaho v. Vinton
Idaho Supreme Court
718 P.2d 1270, 110 Idaho 832 (1986)
- Written by Patrick Speice, JD
Facts
Carl and Marion Vinton (defendants) were charged with manufacture of a controlled substance after police officers found a substantial amount of marijuana and various equipment for growing and consuming marijuana on and near the Vintons’ jointly owned property. In particular, the officers found four well-groomed marijuana plants in containers on the Vintons’ property, drying marijuana in an outbuilding near the Vintons’ home, and more than 150 marijuana plants in two fields along paths leading from the Vintons’ home. The marijuana plants in the fields were positioned so that they were somewhat hidden but still received a lot of sunlight, planted in loose soil that, in some instances, had been weeded, fertilized with a manure mixture similar to that found at the Vintons’ home, and, in some instances, labeled. The Vintons were convicted and appealed, arguing that the evidence did not link the Vintons to the marijuana and was otherwise insufficient to prove manufacture of a controlled substance.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (McFadden, J.)
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