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STATE v. SOWELL

A-27 September Term 2011, 068245

61 A.3d 882 (2013)

213 N.J. 89

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Ralph SOWELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 14, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay L. Wilensky , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney).

Jane Deaterly Plaisted , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Carolyn A. Murray , Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Ms. Plaisted and Debra G. Simms , Special Deputy Attorney General/ Assistant County Prosecutor, on the briefs).

Steven A. Yomtov , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Jeffrey S. Chiesa , Attorney General, attorney).

Chief Justice RABNER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This criminal appeal addresses the limits of the use of expert testimony at drug trials. The case involves a simple factual allegation about a visit to an inmate at a state prison. At trial, the State presented proof that the visitor handed an object to the inmate, who placed it in a bag of potato chips. To divert attention, the inmate appeared to kiss the visitor during the transfer. Minutes later, officers...

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