Rauls v. State

Smith, Judge.

James Franklin Rauls was tried before a jury and found guilty of one count of selling crack cocaine. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdict of guilty.

1. When the State tendered the cocaine purchased by the investigating officer, Rauls objected on the basis that the officer had no personal knowledge that these items were the same as those purchased. The trial court overruled this objection, and this evidentiary ruling is enumerated as error.

The officer explained the procedures employed to protect the in tegrity of…