context: Ms. Nichols's extensive history as a marijuana smoker, including a number of prior experiences smoking marijuana with Ms. Durham, coupled with her consumption of the residue in question, rendered her testimony comparable to testimony which has been found to support a drug identification in other cases.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 753 F.2d 612, 615
citation_a.parenthetical: finding evidence sufficient to support drug identification based, in particular, on the identification of the substance as marijuana by two witnesses -- each with five to ten years experience smoking marijuana -- who had observed that the substance in question "looked, smelled, and smoked like marijuana"
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., United States v. Zielie, 734 F.2d 1447, 1456 (11th Cir.1984) (“The uncorroborated testimony of a person who observed a defendant in possession of a controlled substance is sufficient if the person is familiar with the substance at issue.”), abrogated on other grounds, United States v. Chestang, 849 F.2d 528, 531 (11th Cir.1988); State v. Neal, 624 S.W.2d 182 (Mo.App.1981); see also United States v. Murray, 753 F.2d 612, 615 (7th Cir.1985) (finding evidence sufficient to support drug identification based, in particular, on the identification of the substance as marijuana by two witnesses — each with five to ten years experience smoking marijuana — who had observed that the substance in question “looked, smelled, and smoked like marijuana”); People v. Partin, 254 Cal.App.2d 89, 62 Cal.Rptr. 59 (1967); cf. People v. McLean, 56 Cal.2d 660, 16 Cal.Rptr. 347, 365 P.2d 403 (1961).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 849 F.2d 528, 531
citation_b.parenthetical: "The uncorroborated testimony of a person who observed a defendant in possession of a controlled substance is sufficient if the person is familiar with the substance at issue."
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., United States v. Zielie, 734 F.2d 1447, 1456 (11th Cir.1984) (“The uncorroborated testimony of a person who observed a defendant in possession of a controlled substance is sufficient if the person is familiar with the substance at issue.”), abrogated on other grounds, United States v. Chestang, 849 F.2d 528, 531 (11th Cir.1988); State v. Neal, 624 S.W.2d 182 (Mo.App.1981); see also United States v. Murray, 753 F.2d 612, 615 (7th Cir.1985) (finding evidence sufficient to support drug identification based, in particular, on the identification of the substance as marijuana by two witnesses — each with five to ten years experience smoking marijuana — who had observed that the substance in question “looked, smelled, and smoked like marijuana”); People v. Partin, 254 Cal.App.2d 89, 62 Cal.Rptr. 59 (1967); cf. People v. McLean, 56 Cal.2d 660, 16 Cal.Rptr. 347, 365 P.2d 403 (1961).