Legal Opinion
Robinson v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 19, 1997No. 106, Sept. Term, 1996PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAKER, Judge.
In this case, Petitioner Kenneth Robinson was found guilty by a jury of possession of cocaine in violation of Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl.Vol., 1997 Supp.) Article 27, § 287(a). 1 Following his arrest, Robinson ingested a substance alleged to be cocaine, and therefore it was not available for chemical analysis. We resolve two issues presented in this case: (1) whether the State must introduce the results of a chemical analysis to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the composition of that substance; and (2) whether the trial court erred by allowing the introduction of lay opinion…
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