Brandies v. State

CATES, Judge.

The appellant was indicted July 14, 1966, under a single count charging him with possession, etc., of “108 pills and capsules of barbiturates and demoral, a narcotic drug, contrary to the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 22 of the 1940 Code * * * as amended.” (Italics added.)

The State proved both butisol sodium and “demoral” at the time the police came into his home. The proof of the pharmaceutical composition of both drugs came from the same witness, Robert Finley, an Assistant State Toxicologist.

The jury brought in a general verdict. Judgment was entered accordingly and…