State v. Osborne

DIETZ, Judge.

*711 Defendant Shelley Anne Osborne appeals her conviction for possession of heroin. Law enforcement found Osborne unconscious in a hotel room and, after emergency responders revived her, she admitted she used heroin. Officers searched the hotel room and found syringes, spoons with burn marks and residue, and a rock-like substance.

The State did not have the substance tested using a scientifically valid chemical analysis. Instead, at trial the State relied on Osborne's statement to officers that she used heroin, as well as officers' descriptions of the rock-like substance and the…