Opinion ID: 626811
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Heading: Marijuana Offense

Text: The district court found that Williams possessed marijuana with the intent to deliver it, in violation of Mich Comp. Laws § 333.7401(2)(d). That law provides, in relevant part, that: [A] person shall not manufacture, create, deliver, or possess with intent to manufacture, create, or deliver a controlled substance, a prescription form, or a counterfeit prescription form. . . . A person who violates this section as to . . . [m]arihuana or a mixture containing marihuana is guilty of a felony . . . . Mich Comp. Laws §§ 333.7401(1), (2)(d). According to the Michigan Supreme Court, the elements that the government must prove for a conviction under § 333.7401(2)(d) are: (1) that the recovered substance is marijuana, (2) that the substance meets a specific weight amount, (3) that the defendant was not authorized to possess the substance, and (4) that the defendant “knowingly possessed the [marijuana] with the intent to deliver.” People v. Wolfe, 489 N.W.2d 748, 752 (Mich. 1992). Williams disputes only the fourth element: that he knowingly possessed the marijuana with the intent to deliver it.