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Drug Analysis
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 …
State v. Hills (N.C. Ct. App. 2021)
A whiff of pot alone no longer airtight probable cause for police to search cars in several states
The $2 Drug Test Keeping Inmates in Solitary
Since the nose doesn’t know pot is now legal, K-9s retire
Lawmaker says error at NYPD lab that went unchecked for 5 years warrants probe
State v. Jackson, _ N.C. App. _ (April 20, 2021)
Evidence that cocaine was the identity of the substance was admissible not withstanding the substance being handled with bare hands and stored in a glove box where cocaine had previously been stored. The court found concerns over cross contamination went to the evidence’s weight, not matters of admissibility and authentication.