TATMAN v. STATE


314 A.2d 417 (1973)

Allen M. TATMAN, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

December 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlen B. Mekler, Asst. Public Defender, and Weston B. Wardell, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington, of counsel, for defendant below, appellant.

Joseph A. Hurley and Jeffrey Weiner, Deputy Attys. Gen., Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., and CAREY and DUFFY, JJ.


HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

The defendant raises two questions upon this appeal from his conviction for having sold a narcotic drug under 16 Del.C. § 4725.

I.

The first contention is that the Trial Court erred in admitting into evidence the heroin, allegedly sold by the defendant, because the chain of custody had not been proved with sufficient certainty.

The heroin, packaged in 28 glassine bags, was purchased from the defendant by Ronald...

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