Knox v. State

ALTON M. BLANTON, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was found guilty of the illegal possession of amphetamine tablets and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.

I

The first witness for the State was Dr. Van B. Pruitt, a Toxicologist with the State Department of Toxicology and Criminal Investigation, who testified that in April, 1970, he had occasion to examine the contents of seven containers delivered to him by Clarence Harris, an employee of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department. Dr. Pruitt testified that he took a portion of the contents of each of the seven bottles and the tablets…