369 So. 2d 315 - Bickerstaff v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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1. “"Identification of a controlled substance by a State Toxicologist is, of course, sufficient to constitute a prima facie case. [Citation omitted.] Reports of a State Toxicologist and copies thereof are public records which are likewise admissible when offered into evidence. [Citations omitted.]. Thus, the admission of the Toxicologist's report in this case was sufficient to show that the controlled substance was pentobarbital as charged in the indictment." Bickerstaff v. State , 369 So.2d 315 , 316 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 496 So. 2d 96 - Scofield v. State

2. ““Reports of a State toxicologist and copies thereof are public records which are likewise admissible when offered into evidence. Seals v. State, 282 Ala. 586, 604 , 213 So.2d 645 (1968); Alabama Code § 12 - 21 -35 (1975); also see Alabama Code § 36-18-2 (1975). ...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 389 So. 2d 604 - Wiley v. State