Drug Analysis
State to repay thousands of defendants who were convicted based on evidence analyzed by disgraced chemists
Faulty Police Field Tests Said This Trucker Was Carrying 700 Gallons of Meth. It Was Diesel.
Announcing Expert Services Project
We want court appointed attorneys to use experts, and we want using experts to be easier for attorneys. Access to qualified expert services is essential to the provision of indigent defense. To better equip the North Carolina public defense community with the resources it needs to achieve fair and just outcomes for clients, Indigent Defense …
N.Y. Prisons Punished 1,600 Based on Faulty Drug Tests, Report Finds
State v. Gibbs (unpub)(2021)
NCSCL drug chemistry analyst Jennifer West testified about whether fentanyl was an opiate or opioid. Trial court erred in admitting West’s testimony because she lacked training on the issue of whether fentanyl was an opiate or opioid.
Police raid downtown Greensboro hemp store, but owner argues testing of products was faulty
They put me in solitary for drugs I didn’t have: Many prisons use faulty drug tests
Suspensions and a reprimand proposed for prosecutors admonished in drug lab scandal
Toxicology Rounds: Your ED Patients are Likely Using Delta-8-THC
A myth that lingers on: Casual contact with fentanyl causes overdoses
How DNA recovered from pill surfaces could snare drug syndicates
Webinar: Cannabis and NC Law Update
Live webinar presented by Phil Dixon Jr.September 2, 2021, 1:00 pm60 min of CLE credit anticipated During this CLE, Phil Dixon will provide an overview of legislation addressing legal hemp products and recent Court of Appeals cases involving cannabis. Challenges to probable cause based on odor and sight of “marijuana” that have been litigated in …