Mathis v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Mathis appeals his conviction of three counts of selling a controlled substance, cocaine. Held:

1. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion in limine. By this motion, defendant sought to exclude evidence concerning the identification of the substances which defendant had sold to an undercover law enforcement officer. Defendant asserted that the state would be unable to prove the chain of custody due to the death of a deputy sheriff who had received the evidence for transmission to the State Crime Laboratory.

The undercover officer…