Case Name: STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dwayne McKinley HOBBS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Idaho Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Decision Date: 1980-05-29
Citations: 101 Idaho 262
Docket Number: No. 13036
Parties: STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dwayne McKinley HOBBS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Idaho Reports
Volume: 101
Pages: 262–264

Head Matter:
611 P.2d 1047
STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dwayne McKinley HOBBS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13036.
Supreme Court of Idaho.
May 29, 1980.
Susan E. Swanberg, Twin Falls, for defendant-appellant.
David H. Leroy, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Steven M. Parry, Deputy Attys. Gen., Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant Dwayne McKinley Hobbs appeals from his conviction of delivering, in violation of I.C. § 37-2732(a)(l)(B), a quantity of phencyclidine. Phencyclidine is classified in Schedule III of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, I.C. § 37-2701 et seq., as a controlled substance.
Appellant contends his conviction must be reversed because the state did not put before the jury any evidence of phencyclidine's classification in the Act as a controlled substance. We disagree.
The question whether a substance is designated in the Act as a controlled substance is a question of law for the court, and not the jury, to decide. I.C. § 9-102; see State v. Harris, 564 S.W.2d 561 (Mo.App. 1978); Skaggs v. State, 260 Ind. 180, 293 N.E.2d 781 (1973); State v. Carter, 475 S.W.2d 85 (Mo. 1972). Pursuant to I.C. § 9 — 101, the district court could have taken judicial notice of phencyclidine's classification and instructed the jury accordingly. See Skaggs v. State, supra.
It is fundamental that error will not be presumed but must be shown affirmatively by appellant on the record. State v. Wolfe, 99 Idaho 382, 582 P.2d 728 (1978); Mahaffey v. State, 87 Idaho 233, 392 P.2d 423 (1964). Because the instructions given below have not been made a part of the record on appeal, no error is shown.
The judgment of conviction is affirmed.