State v. Alston, ___ N.C. App. ____, 802 S.E.2d 753 (Jun. 20, 2017)

In this drug case, the trial court committed plain error by allowing a law enforcement officer to testify that pills found at the defendant’s home were Alprazolam and Oxycodone, where the identification was based on a visual inspection of the pills and use of a website, drugs.com. Under North Carolina law, pills cannot be identified as controlled substances by visual identification.