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NORMAN v. STATE

No. 321, 2008.

968 A.2d 27 (2009)

Theodore NORMAN, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Whitehurst, Jr., Esquire, and Adam D. Windett, Esquire (argued), Charles E. Whitehurst, Jr., LLC, Dover, Delaware for Appellant.

John Williams, Esquire (argued), Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware for Appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.

BERGER, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider, among other issues, whether police officers may identify marijuana without being qualified as expert witnesses. Appellant was convicted of murder and other offenses relating to a drug deal that went bad. At trial, police officers testified, as "lay" witnesses, that the substance found on appellant was marijuana. We hold that police officers must be qualified as experts before identifying a controlled substance. The error...

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