In article ,
Larry wrote:
>In article <650sjbF2cc93pU1@mid.individual.net>,
> "Reality_Check©" wrote:
>
>> "Larry" wrote in message
>> news:x-B01332.01562527032008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net...
>> > In article <650pveF2dcsonU1@mid.individual.net>,
>> > "Reality_Check©" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Larry" wrote in message
>> >> news:x-EDB477.22171526032008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Possession of half a gram (not much) is a class D felony, P.L. 220.06.
>> >> >
>> >> > If you look at the statute closely, unlike the other weight-based
>> >> > cocaine charges, this must be 500 milligrams of PURE cocaine. Since
>> >> > street-level cocaine is far from pure (generally, anywhere from
>> >> > 40-80%),
>> >> > generally people are in possession of far more than a gram for this
>> >> > statute to actually apply.
>> >>
>> >> More Larry the Liar bullshit.
>> >>
>> >> If a 1/2 gram of PURE is the standard, and by your own assertions
>> >> "street-level"
>> >> cocaine (is that P Diddy level, Martha Stewart or Britney Spears level?)
>> >> is
>> >> 40-80% pure,
>> >> then possession of as little as 6.25 TENTHS of a GRAM of street level
>> >> cocaine qualifies
>> >> as a felony.
>> >
>> > How is 40% to 80% of 6.25 tenths of a gram over 500 milligrams? Your
>> > math, like your thinking, is backwards.
>>
>> That about sums up the level of your "expertise".
>
>Lets see if you can follow:
>
>1) one tenth of a gram is .1 grams, or 100 milligrams.
>
>2) 6.25 tenths, then, is .625 grams, or 625 milligrams.
>
>3) I said 40% to 80%. So lets look at both of those numbers:
> 3a) 40% of 625 milligrams is 250 milligrams.
> 3b) 80% of 625 milligrams is 500 milligrams.
>
>So I ask again - how is How is 40% to 80% of 6.25 tenths of a gram over
>500 milligrams?
Nice game of three card monte, Larry, but the real question is, how is
6.25 tenths of a gram "far more than a gram?"
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