STATE v. JAMES

No. COA10-1375.

715 S.E.2d 884 (2011)

STATE of North Carolina v. Marcellus JAMES.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, by Elizabeth N. Strickland , Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Economos Law Firm, PLLC, Morrisville, by Larry C. Economos , for defendant.


THIGPEN, Judge.

After performing a Narcotics Field Test Kit ("NIK test"), police officers arrested Marcellus James ("Defendant") for possession with intent to sell and deliver crack cocaine. While at the police station awaiting processing, Defendant ate the crack cocaine. We must decide whether (I) the trial court erred by allowing a police officer to testify that the substance was crack cocaine based on his visual inspection; (II) the trial court erred by allowing...

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