Articles Posted in jury instructions

In any marijuana vs hemp drug prosecution, the State bears the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the substance involved exceeds North Carolina’s legal THC limit of 0.3%, thereby making it illegal marijuana and not lawful hemp. In the recent case State v. Ruffin, the North Carolina Court…

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