GA 16-13-23 - GA 16-13-23

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Trade name must be linked to its scheduled equivalent before former Code 1933, § 79A-804 (see now O.C.G.A. § 16-13-23 ) was operative. Elrod v. State, 143 Ga. App. 331 , 238 S.E.2d 291 (1977). State failed to prove drug regulated by law. - Defendant was improperly convicted of violating the Georgia's Controlled Substances Act, O.C.G.A. § 16-13-20 et seq., by distributing a Schedule IV drug, Zolpidem, which was commonly known as Ambien, O.C.G.A. §§ 16-13-28(a)(33) and 16-13-30(b) , because the state failed to prove that the drug Ambien was regulated by law, and the trade name of a statutorily designated controlled substance was not the proper subject of judicial notice; while the state presented evidence that the defendant admitted to distributing Ambien and produced test...