State v. Brown

REINHARD, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his jury conviction and court-imposed five month sentence as a prior offender for possession of dex-troamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance. We reverse.

The state’s evidence consisted of a container of pills, the testimony of two police officers, and the testimony of a criminalist who identified the substance in the pills.

The police officers testified as follows:

Shortly before noon on June 13, 1983, the two officers were on duty together and stopped a vehicle driven by defendant because the windshield was cracked, in violation of a city…