Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 24, 1980.
PER CURIAM:
The doctrine of judicial notice permits a judge to consider a generally accepted or readily verified fact as proved without requiring evidence to establish it. The trial judge in this case took judicial notice that cocaine hydrochloride is a Schedule II controlled substance (whose possession with intent to distribute is a crime under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)). It is conceded that notice...
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