Lovett v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Haywood Lovett was tried by a jury and convicted of three counts of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act and sentenced to five years on each count to be served in a state penitentiary, two of the sentences to be served concurrently and the third to be served consecutively to the other two.

1. There is no merit in appellant’s contention that there was a fatal break in the chain of custody of the drugs, and the trial court erred in admitting three packets of heroin allegedly sold by him into evidence because the state failed to prove that the material was…