State v. McDonald

HUNTER, Robert C., Judge.

Danny Ray McDonald (“defendant”) appeals his conviction for felony possession of cocaine. Defendant argues the trial court committed plain error in allowing the State’s expert witness, a forensic chemist, to testify to the results of his chemical analysis of the alleged controlled substance seized from defendant, and in admitting the expert’s laboratory report into evidence. Defendant contends the results of the chemical analysis were not admissible, because the testing was not performed by an accredited laboratory and the procedures utilized were not sufficiently…