Hicks v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Jackie Hicks appeals from his conviction of violating the Georgia Controlled Substance Act, contending that the trial court erred in failing to sustain his objection to the admissibility of evidence regarding the State’s failure to show a proper chain of custody of the evidence. Held:

Appellant objected to the testimony of the State Crime Laboratory’s forensic chemist on the ground that the State failed to establish a proper chain of custody for the cocaine which was alleged to have been purchased from him.

The evidence showed that the narcotics investigator who purchased…