BUTLER v. STATE

No. 89-KA-0028.

592 So.2d 983 (1991)

Robert BUTLER, Sr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis T. Vance, Jr., Vicksburg, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and McRAE, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

Robert Butler, Sr., has been convicted of the sale of cocaine, and the question of consequence is whether the prosecution sufficiently proved the state-crime-lab chemically-tested-and-certified cocaine offered at trial came from Butler's hands. Butler says it did not, suggesting a weak first link in the chain of custody, and on this ground he says we should reverse. We decline the invitation.

From the record before us, it...

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