Eaton v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
Kirsten Marie Eaton was found guilty by a jury of trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. We find no merit to Eaton’s claims that the trial court should have suppressed evidence of the methamphetamine because the State obtained it in violation of her Fourth Amendment rights, or that the trial court should have excluded evidence of the methamphetamine from the trial because the State failed to establish the chain of custody. For the following reasons, we affirm.
1. The State produced testimony from a police officer that, when he…
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