State v. Essick

EAGLES, Judge.

I

Defendant’s first three exceptions and assignments of error raise evidentiary questions. For the reasons stated below, we find no error.

A

The defendant assigns as error that the prosecution failed to lay a proper foundation for admission into evidence of testimony by Detective Sammy Hampton that he saw marijuana in the trunk of the car that had been operated by Troy Melton. The basis for defendant’s contention is that Detective Hampton was not properly qualified to give an opinion that the “vegetable type material” which he observed “appeared to be marijuana.”

Determination that…