The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a man’s conviction for maintaining a common nuisance, because the State failed to prove that he used his car to facilitate dealing in marijuana. The Court ruled that the statute defining the charge of maintaining a common nuisance was not intended to apply to a person who has personal use quantities of a controlled substance in his pocket or even loose in the car. Maintaining a common nuisance is one of the most overcharged and abused criminal allegations in the State of Indiana.
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