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holding that "Officer Byrd's and Mr. Gendreau's conjecture based on their previous encounters with cocaine and their observation of the substance here was not the `scientifically valid chemical analysis' of the substance required `to establish the identity of the controlled substance beyond a reasonable doubt'"
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No. 479PA10
7 April 2011
ORDER
Upon consideration of the petition filed by State of NC on the 5th of November 2010 for Writ of Supersedeas of the judgment of the Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 7th of April 2011.