State v. Watkins

3 Citing cases

  1. State v. Keyt

    No. E2024-00046-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Jan. 7, 2025)

    e context of the weighing of cocaine and has held that the State is not required to prove the pure illegal substance weighed more than 0.5 grams, as long as the combined weight of the illegal substance and other substance was greater than 0.5 grams. State v. Atkins, No. 02C01-9805-CC-00155, 1999 WL 241870, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 26, 1999) ("[I]n order to establish a Class B felony under [section] 39-17-417(c), the State need not prove that the pure cocaine in the contraband substance weighed 0.5 grams or more, so long as the weight of the cocaine combined with the other substances totaled 0.5 grams or more."); see State v. Davis, No. M2013-01477-CCA-R3-CD, 2014 WL 1354944, at *7 (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 7, 2014) (affirming conviction for possession of more than 0.5 grams of substance containing cocaine when only a small portion of the drugs was tested and no purity testing was performed); State v. Watkins, No. M2003-01488-CCA-R3-CD, 2005 WL 351240, at *2-4 (Tenn. Crim. App. Feb. 9, 2005) (affirming conviction for possession of more than 0.5 grams of cocaine despite the evidence showing only that the defendant "sold a substance containing cocaine weighing 0.5 grams or more and it was not established how much the pure cocaine weighed

  2. State v. Davis

    No. M2013-01477-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 7, 2014)   Cited 1 times

    In the present case, although the Defendant told Ms. Davis how to "cook down" the cocaine to the form required for the intended method of administration, no evidence was presented that the cocaine contained non-marketable or non-consumable substances. In State v. David Sever Watkins, No. M2003-01488-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Feb. 9, 2005), perm. app. denied (Tenn. June 27, 2005), the defendant raised the same issue the Defendant raises now regarding his conviction for selling one-half gram or more of cocaine.

  3. State v. Williams

    No. W2005-00446-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Dec. 8, 2005)   Cited 1 times

    However, in order to establish the appellant's guilt under Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-17-417(c), the State need not prove that the pure cocaine in the contraband substance weighed .5 grams or more, so long as the weight of the cocaine combined with other substances totaled .5 grams or more. See State v. Alcorn, 741 S.W.2d 135, 138 (Tenn.Crim.App. 1987); State v. Ash, 729 S.W.2d 275, 277 (Tenn.Crim.App. 1986); State v. David Sever Watkins, No. M2003-01488-CCA-R3-CD, 2005 WL 351240, at *3-4 (Tenn.Crim.App., at Nashville, Feb. 9, 2005), perm. app. denied, (Tenn. June 27, 2005); State v. Howard Kareem Atkins, No. 02C01-9805-CC-00155, 1999 WL 241870, at *1 (Tenn.Crim.App., at Jackson, Apr. 26, 1999).