Hall v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Jerry Hall was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Although the Fulton Superior Court allowed him to file an out-of-time motion for new trial in which he claimed ineffective assistance of trial counsel, the court denied the motion.

Hall appeals, charging his trial attorney with deficient performance in failing to raise a chain-of-custody objection to the trial court’s admission in evidence of the substance taken from the crime scene and found to be cocaine. Hall argues that the State failed to *530establish an adequate chain of custody because the evidence…