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Manning v. State

Citations

  • 637 S.W.2d 941
  • 1982 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 974

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  • concluding that the State failed to prove that the pills at issue contained phenmetrazine, a controlled substance, where the pills were not described by markings, if any, which appeared on the pill, or shape, but instead only by color
  • indicating State must present chemical analysis or other evidence to establish the identity of a controlled substance
  • “Without more description than is present in the instant record, the introduction of the tablets, or a chemical analysis, we cannot find the officer was able to identify the pills.”

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Judges: Dally, Davis, Clinton

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