What is the test for an opinion of possession of a small amount of marijuana?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Mathis, No.08F09657, No.C064434 (Cal. App. 2011):
In rendering such an opinion, an officer may rely on facts such as the quantity of marijuana seized, the packaging of the drug, the normal use of an individual, and the lack of drug paraphernalia found. (People v. Parra (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 222, 227.)
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