432 A.2d 799 | Me. | 1981
MEMORANDUM DECISION.
The Defendant, Brian P. Glynn, was convicted in Superior Court (York County) of unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1107, at a bottle club in York on June 23, 1979.1 He appeals from that judgment of conviction, asserting that the Superior Court erred in admitting a police officer’s opinion testimony as to the quantity of cocaine in the Defendant’s possession being a “useable amount” within the meaning of that statute and that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction because, he contends, the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he possessed “a useable amount” of the drug.
Neither argument has merit.
On the facts of this case concerning the experience and qualification of the witness, the admission of his opinion testimony was within the sound judicial discretion of the presiding justice. He did not abuse that discretion.
As to the sufficiency of the evidence, a chemist’s certificate stating that “the white powder contains cocaine” was admitted without objection, and, by his answers
The entry, therefore, will be:
Appeal denied.
Judgment affirmed.
All concurring.