If a suspected drug dealer is arrested with nine baggies of marijuana in his possession, a marijuana pipe, a bag of marijuana seeds, but only $20 in cash on his person, what are the chances that he could be charged with possession with the intent to sell?

Because of the stiffer felony penalties imposed for possession with the intent to sell versus mere possession, many states forbid prosecutors from assuming that there is intent to sell based on the defendant’s mere possession of a controlled substance.

If a suspected drug dealer is arrested with nine baggies of marijuana in his possession, a marijuana pipe, a bag of marijuana seeds, but only $20 in cash on his person, what are the chances that he could be charged with possession with the intent to sell?