Danielle Hingle v. State of Mississippi

COLEMAN, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Danielle Hingle was convicted of sale of morphine, a controlled substance, and sentenced to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On appeal, Hingle argues that admission of the testimony of a crime laboratory analyst who reviewed and signed the lab report but did not test the pills violated her Sixth Amendment right of confrontation. She also argues that the trial court erred by admitting the pills due to flaws in the chain of custody. We hold that the trial court did not err by allowing the reviewing analyst to testify…