State v. Gustin

CROW, Judge.

A jury found Richard Gustin (“Defendant”) guilty of the class B felony of sale of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), § 195.211, RSMo Cum.Supp.1989, and assessed punishment at five years’ imprisonment. The trial court entered judgment per the verdict.

Defendant appeals, maintaining the trial court erred in (1) receiving State’s Exhibit 1 — an envelope containing the alleged methamphetamine — in evidence, in that there were breaks in the chain of custody, and (2) allowing a State’s witness to “testify from written notes.”

Because the sufficiency of the evidence to support the…