Cole v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. The appellants were indicted for selling "a quantity of hydromorphone.” A chemist employed by the state crime lab testified that the samples he received tested positive for the presence of hydromorphone. He further testified that the pills in evidence were also known by the proprietary name of Dilaudid; he did not test the substance to determine if it was hydromorphone in its pure state but it was his belief the pills were "some sort of salt” of hydromorphone, probably hydromorphone hydrochloride, consisting of hydromorphone (the "base”) and chlorine. A defense…