Givens v. State

Smith, Judge.

Anthony Lee Givens was tried and convicted by a jury on three counts of selling cocaine. He appeals following the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. Givens essentially contends the trial court erred in allowing a chemist with the Georgia Crime Lab to testify over objection as to the results of tests performed on three exhibits identified as cocaine at trial. Givens received the results of testing originally performed on the exhibits, but the chemist performing those tests was unavailable to testify as to those results because he was no longer employed by the Georgia Crime Lab.…