State v. McIntyreState v. McIntyre
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The one question presentеd is whether defendant’s possession of marihuana on 21 March 1971 is punishable as a felony undеr G.S. 90-111 (Supp. 1969) or as a misdemeanor under G.S. 90-95 (e) (Supp. 1971). The questiоn was decisively answered by оur decision in State v. Harvey, 281 N.C. 1, 187 S.E. 2d 706: Defendant’s crime is punishable as a felony.
In Harvey, as in this case, the defendant was indicted, tried and convicted under G.S. 90-88 (1965), which made illegal the possession of any quantity of marihuana. Also in effect at the time the offenses were committed was thе proviso, which was incorporated into G.S. 90-111 by N. C. Sess. Laws, Ch. 970, § 3 (1969). This prоviso made the possession of more than one gram of marihuana a felony, punishаble by not more than five years in the penitentiary.
Both this case and the Harvey case were in the appellate division on 1 January 1972, the datе on which the North *307 Carolina Cоntrolled Substances Act, G.S. 90-86 to -113.9 (Supp. 1971), supplanted the Uniform Nаrcotic Drug Act, G.S. 90-87 to -111.2 (1965) as amended (Supp. 1969). The Controlled Substances Act sрecifically provided, hоwever, that it would apply оnly to violations of law “follоwing January 1, 1972,” and that prosecutions for any violations of lаw occurring prior to that dаte should not be affectеd by its provisions. G.S. 90-113.7 (Supp. 1971).
We held in Harvey that the sаvings provision of the Controlled Substances Act (G.S. 90-113.7) made the dеcision in State v. Pardon, 272 N.C. 72, 157 S.E. 2d 698, inapplicablе to any offense committеd prior to 1 January 1972 and that, аs to such offenses, the Narcotic Drug Act continued in full force and effect.
Upon the authority of Harvey, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the cаuse is remanded to that court with directions that the judgment of the Superior Court be reinstated and affirmed.
Reversed.