Ex Parte Garrett

This Court granted Phillip Garrett's petition for a writ of certiorari to review his argument that the affirmance by the Court of Criminal Appeals of his conviction conflicts with cases such as Mauldin v. State, 402 So.2d 1106 (Ala.Crim.App. 1981), on the question whether the State met its burden of proof in the admission of evidence against him. Specifically, Garrett argues that the State did not establish an unbroken chain of custody of the marijuana introduced into evidence as proof of the State's charge of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. We find the citation to Mauldin to…