State v. Cuthrell

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant first assigns error to the admission into evidence of the cocaine and marijuana identified at trial. Defendant contends that with respect to these exhibits there was not a sufficient showing of a chain of custody. This contention is without merit. The officers who handled the drugs positively identified the exhibits and accounted for every link in the chain of possession. State v. Olsen, 25 N.C. App. 451, 453, 213 S.E. 2d 372, 374 (1975); cert. denied, 287 N.C. 468, 215 S.E. 2d *197628 (1975). The State’s evidence established a clear chain of identity between the…