Thorpe v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
August 2009
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Butler v. State · City of Lockport v. United States · Boozer v. State · Engelking v. State
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“At trial the State introduced into evidence four exhibits that police officers had seized at appellant’s apartment and that the State’s chemist had tested for the presence of controlled substances. Two of the tested exhibits, numbers 6 and 7, contained no controlled substances; however, the other two exhibits, numbers 4 and 5 tested positively for cocaine. Exhibit number 4 included 101 small zip-locked bags, each of which contained a solid granular substance. The State’s chemist tested 10 of these 101 small bags and found that the substance in each of the 10 small bags contained cocaine. The combined weight of all 101 small bags was 16.93 grams; however, there was no evidence as to the weight of the 10 small bags that the State’s chemist tested. Exhibit number 5 consisted of a single bag containing two large chunks of solid material. The State’s chemist determined that these chunks contained cocaine. The weight of exhibit number 5 was 27.00 grams; therefore, the aggregate weight of both exhibits 4 and 5 was 43.93 grams.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gabriel v. State
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