Questions of Law: Untangling Admissibility in State v. Gibbs.
Published for NC Criminal Law on November 14, 2023.
Is fentanyl an opiate? That’s the question the prosecutor asked a witness in State v Gibbs. The trial court overruled the defendant’s objection, and the witness was permitted to testify that fentanyl was both an opioid and an opiate. In an unpublished opinion (“Gibbs I”), the Court of Appeals ruled this was error, reversing a ... Read more
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