Possession of Marijuana in North Carolina

When you have more than one and a half ounces

Possessing more than one and a half ounces of marijuana (pot, weed) is automatically a Class I felony in North Carolina. Drug possession felony is punishable up to 15 months in the North Carolina Department of Corrections and sometimes also charged with intent to sell or deliver or traffic. Many people who are charged with this North Carolina drug crime are also charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana so it is important to have a North Carolina based criminal lawyer or defense attorney for your criminal defense. Both crimes are Class I felonies. It can be normally be inferred that a person is possessing with the intent to sell and deliver marijuana when measuring equipment, packaging materials, and such are found along with a large amounts of marijuana. In fact, under North Carolina case law in State of North Carolina v. Morgan, the North Carolina Supreme Court held that having a large quantity of drugs alone may be sufficient to infer and intent to sell or deliver the controlled substance.