People v. Hall CA2/6

FACTS

On September 2, 2012, Police Officer Brandon Ordelheide saw a car with a broken tail light. He "initiated a traffic enforcement stop." Hall was in the front passenger seat of the vehicle. Hall told Ordelheide that he was on "probation with search terms" and that he had a methamphetamine pipe. Ordelheide arrested him "for being in possession of narcotics paraphernalia." When they arrived at the police station, Ordelheide opened the door of the police car. Hall "stuck his right leg out of the vehicle [and] shook his leg." Ordelheide saw "a black plastic bag fall from the bottom of [Hall's] blue jean pant leg." Inside the black bag were "13 clear plastic bags" containing "a white crystalline substance." Testing showed these bags contained methamphetamine. The "total gross weight" of the bags was "9.01 grams." Nine of the bags weighed 0.5 grams, two weighed 0.6 grams, one weighed 1.2 grams, and one weighed 1.9 grams. The bags weighing 0.5 and 0.6 grams are called "40's" because they are packaged to be sold for "$40 on the street." The bag weighing 1.2 grams would sell for $60 to $80. The bag weighing 1.9 grams is called a "teener" and would sell for "[$]100 to $120…