What’s the Difference Between Possession and Possession With Intent to Deliver? Facing criminal drug charges in the state of Illinois? Combs Waterkotte attorney Joshua Boardman discusses the difference between possession and possession with intent in Illinois.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: What’s the difference between simple possession or possession with the intent to deliver?
Joshua Boardman: The phrase that I look to is personal use. Are the drugs that were located on your person reasonably associated with what would be a personal use or recreational use, or is it such a quantity where it’s unlikely or unreasonable that it would just be for one person? You can also look at what else is confiscated or located on the scene. Do you have, are there scales? Are there baggies? Just different circumstantial evidence, but you’ve got to look at the quantity. Certainly.
Dunn: I mean, and then what if you’re Snoop Dogg?
Boardman: I think he falls into his own category. It’s the Snoop Dogg carve out.
