"tjab" wrote in message
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> 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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-- Larry the legal imbecile
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