State v. Edwards

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This case is before us on appeal from a judgment by the Roane County Criminal Court, which quashed an indictment that charged a defendant with selling a controlled substance in violation of the Tennessee Drug Control Act.

In general, the Tennessee Drug Control Act, T.C.A. §§ 52-1408 — 52-1448, regulates the manufacture, distribution, sale, and possession of certain materials defined by the Act to be “controlled substances” — materials that, in common parlance, would for the most part be referred to as drugs. These substances are classified in several schedules, depending…