Grant v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““ ... Although the substance that Grant sold to Officer Bishop turned out to be soap, Officer Bishop testified that Grant offered to sell him four ‘rocks’ at thirty dollars each. Officer Bishop further testified that ‘rock’ was the street name for cocaine; that in the drug culture ‘rock’ was used only to refer to cocaine; that the substance sold by Grant was wrapped in individual plastic bags as is common for rock cocaine; that thirty dollars was the customary price for the size of the ‘rocks’ sold by Grant; that the substance sold by Grant appeared to have the same color and texture as rock cocaine; and that the purchase was made at 10:45 p.m. on August 16, 1989, in the parking lot of a closed K-Mart store pursuant to a drug buy which had been prearranged by a police informer. In addition to Officer Bishop’s testimony, Kenneth Evans, a chemist with the Department of Public Safety, testified on cross and redirect that he used the term ‘rock-like’ in his description of the substance purchased by Officer Bishop to refer to cocaine, and that ‘rock’ is a term used in the drug community to refer to cocaine.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grant v. State