Jeter v. Commonwealth

HUMPHREYS, Judge.

Appellant Jason A. Jeter appeals his conviction, folio-wing a jury trial, for distribution of cocaine, in violation of Code § 18.2-248. Jeter contends: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a lock-sealed envelope containing a substance later identified as cocaine, arguing that the Commonwealth failed to establish an unbroken chain of custody for the exhibit; and (2) that the trial court should have granted his motion to strike because the opinion of the Commonwealth’s expert, in which the expert identified the substance as cocaine, lacked a sufficient…