CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR., J. (Retired, Specially Assigned).
Unlawfully to possess heroin is a misdemeanor subjecting the possessor to the risk of imprisonment for four years plus a fine of $25,000. Criminal Law Article, § 5-601. To possess that heroin with the intent to distribute it, however, escalates the crime into a felony with a maximum sentence of twenty years imprisonment. §§ 5-602, 5-608. How then does the State go about proving that specific...
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