State v. Ward

HUNTER JR., Robert N., Judge.

Billy Wayne Ward (“Defendant”) appeals from a judgment sentencing him to 90-117 months imprisonment following a jury verdict convicting him of Trafficking Oxycodone by Possession. On appeal, Defendant argues the trial court committed plain error by allowing a “substitute analyst to testify concerning lab results,” in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation. Additionally, Defendant contends he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. For the *387following reasons, we dismiss without prejudice Defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim,…