Sherer v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

George Sherer appeals from the circuit court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition. Sherer was found guilty, in a prison disciplinary proceeding, of the use of marijuana. On appeal, he contends that the state failed to present evidence of a proper chain of custody of Sherer’s urine sample. At the hearing, Officer Barry Holland testified that on July 5, 1994, he took the urine sample from Sherer at Hamilton Work Release Center. He further testified that on July 11,1994, Officer Thomas Beasley tested the sample at Limestone Correctional Facility, and that the sample tested…