State of Tennessee v. Gary Lee Marise

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• concluding that the prior version of the statute, which made the chemical composition of anhydrous ammonia an element of the crime, required the State to introduce chemical test to prove the composition of the substance
• under statute requiring State to prove chemical composition of anhydrous ammonia, held that “olfactory observations of the officers may not be enough, standing alone, to convict”
• “When construing a statute, courts are to give effect to the ordinary meaning of the words used in the statute and presume that each word used was purposely chosen by the legislature to convey a specific meaning.”

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