R. v. McCallum, 2006 SKQB 287
[28] I am not aware of any presumption in law that quantity alone is indicia of trafficking or possession for the purpose of trafficking. Staff Sergeant McStay was a credible witness and I am suspicious that the accused did not have two ounces of cocaine on his person solely for personal use. The standard of proof, however, is proof beyond a reasonable doubt. There will be cases where due either to the quantity of drugs or the circumstances surrounding the possession that reasonable doubt that possession was for the purpose of trafficking will disappear. This is not one of those cases. I find the accused, Frank Charles McCallum, not guilty of possession for the purpose of trafficking, but guilty of simple possession of cocaine within the meaning of s. 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
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