Easley v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of marihuana with punishment assessed by the jury at three years.

The appellant first contends that trial court was in error in allowing State’s expert witness Browne to testify that State’s Exhibit 2 was marihuana and allowing said exhibit to be introduced into evidence because of broken custodial chain.

Deputy Sheriff Florey arrested appellant after appellant dropped a plastic bag with two cigarettes in it, a match box and two or three other cigarettes on the ground in the presence of Officers Florey and Griggs in…