Elam v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and appeals from the entry of the judgment of conviction and sentence and the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. In his first enumeration of error, appellant contends the trial court erred in admitting the cocaine into evidence without first requiring the State to show chain of custody.

An officer who observed appellant sitting on the front steps of a residence cutting up a rock of suspected crack cocaine testified that at the time of appellant’s arrest on April 23, 1992, he placed the cocaine in a plastic…