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Fourth Circuit· 11/11/1976

United States v. Dwayne Dolan

Citations

  • 544 F.2d 1219
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 6277

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  • holding that lay testimony and circumstantial evidence is sufficient, in and of itself, to establish identity of controlled substances
  • holding that “lay testimony and circumstantial evidence may be sufficient, without the introduction of an expert chemical analysis, to establish the identi[t]y of the substance involved in an alleged narcotics transaction”
  • stating that the identity of a drug may be established in a number of ways
  • lay testimony and cir- cumstantial evidence is sufficient to identify controlled substances

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Judges: Winter, Russell, Widener

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