State v. Alvis

PREWITT, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, in violation of § 195.202, RSMo Supp.1992. She was sentenced to one year imprisonment. Defendant appeals, presenting three points relied on.

For her first point defendant contends the trial court erred in admitting an exhibit, purporting to be methamphetamine. The substance had been mailed by the sheriff of Cedar County to the Joplin Crime Laboratory. She asserts “sending drugs to be tested through registered U.S. Mails is not an acceptable method of protecting the evidence, in that a breach of the…