Opinion ID: 1705889
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Trial Counsel Failed to Point Out Weakness in Testimony.

Text: ¶ 42. Spicer asserts that his trial counsel failed to point out weaknesses in the testimony of Carmen McIntire, the State's forensic toxicologist, who testified that no drugs, legal or illegal, were detected in Hebert's blood. He provides this Court with an article from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which Spicer purports will show that fifty percent of methamphetamine is removed from a user's body within the first twelve hours. As the State argues, this literature may be useful when determining drug levels in a living being. The toxicology screening in question at trial, however, was of Edmond Hebert, who was no longer living. This issue is without merit.