Partain v. State

Hall, Justice.

The court granted certiorari in this case to determine whether evidence of a positive laboratory test showing that a substance was an illegal drug is admissible where the defendant has no opportunity to make an independent test. The Court of Appeals (139 Ga. App. 325 (228 SE2d 292) (1976)) held that this evidence was admissible based on its decision in Patterson v. State, 138 Ga. App. 290 (226 SE2d 115) (1976).

The evidence shows that the appellant’s apartment was searched by the GBI pursuant to a search warrant. The agents found a pair of scales with a white residue on the metal…