Mirin v. Clark County Taxicab Authority

"between the extremes of conceded creativity and independent effort amounting to no more than the trivial, the test of appropriation necessarily varies" | prosecutor should refrain from arguments diverting jury from their duty to decide case only on the evidence | all finding sufficient evidence on facts of a comparable weight to those in this case | “between the extremes of conceded creativity and independent effort amounting to no more than the trivial, the test of appropriation necessarily varies” | evidence that defendant carried a purse and shopping bag containing large quantities of heroin and handed the purse to her husband who gave the heroin to an officer sustained her conviction for possession and distribution of heroin | evidence that defendant carried a purse and shopping bag containing large quantities of heroin and handed the purse to her husband who gave the heroin to an officer sustained her conviction for possession and distribution of heroin | no direct evidence of intent to possess and distribute heroin