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Title: People v. Lorentzen
Author : Supreme Court of Michigan
Release Date : January 09, 1972
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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Eric Lorentzen was convicted of making an unlawful sale of marihuana. Defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals. The Supreme
Court, sua sponte, granted leave to appeal prior to decision by the Court of Appeals. Eric Lorentzen, charged with making an unlawful sale of marijuana, was arrested on November 20, 1969. He was 23 years old,
living with his parents, employed at General Motors, and had no prior criminal convictions. Defendant moved to quash the information
on the grounds that the statute 1 penalizing the unlicensed sale, dispensation or otherwise giving away of any quantity
of marijuana with a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 20 years, violates the equal protection, due process and right to
privacy guarantees of the United States and the Michigan Constitutions and also constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in
violation of both constitutions. The motion was denied.