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Phil Dixon, Jr.

Possession of Khat

February 24, 2023 //  by Phil Dixon, Jr.

Originally posted on North Carolina Criminal Law – A UNC School of Government Blog Readers may have heard of the plant commonly known as khat or qat (or Catha edulis, for the botanically inclined). The plant is indigenous to Africa and is popular in parts of that continent, as well as parts of the Middle East, and is …

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Category: Practice TipsForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

State v. Booth and marijuana identification

October 26, 2022 //  by Phil Dixon, Jr.

In case you missed it, the COA released State v. Booth on Oct. 18, 2022, dealing in part with lay opinions by officers identifying marijuana as such based on sight and odor only and without a proper lab test identifying the levels of delta-9 THC. The officer in Booth was permitted to testify that he could …

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Category: CasesForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

New Video on Working with Experts

December 1, 2021 //  by Phil Dixon, Jr.

Reposted with permission. Originally posted here on the North Carolina Criminal Law blog. I’m pleased to announce a new collaboration between the Public Defense Education team at the School of Government and Indigent Defense Services. I frequently get questions from defense lawyers about expert witnesses. Where do you find experts? How do you know which …

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Category: Experts, ResourcesForensic Discipline: Experts

New Online CLE based on Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws of Forensics

August 25, 2021 //  by Phil Dixon, Jr.

This is a re-post from UNC School of Government North Carolina Criminal Law blog. The original post appears here. A new book by Brandon Garrett is a deep dive into the misuse of forensic evidence in criminal courtrooms. To borrow from its description, Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws of Forensics “is the first book …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Foundations of Forensics

Summer 2020 Hemp Update

June 18, 2020 //  by Phil Dixon, Jr.

Originally posted on June 16, 2020 on the North Carolina Criminal Law blog On Thursday, June 4, 2020, the North Carolina General Assembly passed S.B. 315, referred to as the State Farm Bill, which was subsequently signed into law by the Governor. The bill was pending all last session and stalled, allegedly over a dispute about how …

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Category: LegislationForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

Carts, Wax, and Oh, My: The New World of Marijuana Extracts

November 12, 2019 //  by Phil Dixon, Jr.

Originally posted on Nov. 12, 2019 on the North Carolina Criminal Law blog. The advent of cannabis legalization across the country has led to a proliferation of new types of cannabis products. There are skin patches, food and drinks (for humans and pets), vaporizer or “vape” cartridges (or “carts”), and different concentrate or extract products (“dabs”, “wax” or “shatter”, among other names). [Click …

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Category: Practice Tips, ResourcesForensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Drug Analysis

Hemp or Marijuana

May 23, 2019 //  by Phil Dixon, Jr.

Originally posted on May 21, 2019 on the North Carolina Criminal Law blog. Back in November of last year, I wrote about hemp and CBD laws here. I have been teaching quite a bit on the subject lately and wanted to follow up that post with an examination of how legal use of hemp products …

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Category: Announcements, Crime Labs, Legislation, Practice TipsTag: Cannabis, CBD, Drug Identification, Drug Paraphrenalia, Drug Tests, Hemp, Marijuana, Probable Cause, Search and Seizure, State v. Fletcher, THCForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

Mass. Supreme Court Considers Relevance of FSTs for Marijuana Impairment

November 29, 2017 //  by Phil Dixon, Jr.

Any practitioner that handles driving while impaired charges knows the significance of field-sobriety tests (“FSTs”) to the investigation and prosecution of drunk driving. Scientific research supports the basic idea behind the tests — that test performance on FSTs is an indicator of alcohol impairment. What about when the impairing substance isn’t alcohol at all? Do …

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