Lawrence v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““[Wjhen a defendant is charged with possession of a specific substance that is defined by statute as a ‘controlled’ substance, the State need only prove that the substance is one that is listed in the schedules. Therefore, even though the State in Lawrence’s case did not offer any testimony as to the Schedule II classification of Oxycodone, the State still proved all the essential elements of its case. By proving that the pills that Lawrence transferred were Oxycodone, the State proved that Lawrence transferred a controlled substance, because Oxycodone is in fact a Schedule II controlled substance. The designation of Oxycodone as a controlled substance was not a question of fact for the jury.””

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

2. “to prevail on appeal, this Court would have to find: (1) that there was error (in this case, that no oath was given); (2) that the error resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice; and (3) that the error affected one of [the defendant's] substantive or fundamental rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 996 So. 2d 756 - Moore v. State