Johnson v. State

Pope, Judge.

Nathan Johnson brings this appeal from his conviction and sentence of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, OCGA § 40-6-393 (a). Held:

1. Defendant first enumerates as error the admitting into evidence of certain blood-alcohol test results. He cites two grounds in support of this enumeration.(a) We find no merit in defendant’s challenge to the chain of custody of the blood sample taken from him at the hospital shortly after the incident. “[W]here the State seeks to introduce evidence of a fungible nature, it must show a chain of custody which is adequate to preserve the identity…