Edwards v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Linda Edwards was convicted of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, for sale of marijuana. On appeal she contends the trial court erred in admitting marijuana in evidence over her continuing objection that there was no valid showing of chain of custody by the state. Held:

The arresting officer in this case, contrary to police department *664regulations that evidence be placed in the department evidence locker, kept the marijuana locked in his personal locker for two months before placing it in the police department evidence locker. Appellant contends first that these…