PATTERSON v. STATE

No. A-6617.

966 P.2d 553 (1998)

Lamar PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maria Bahr, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Marcelle K. McDannel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before COATS, C.J., and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, JJ.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Lamar Patterson was convicted of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance — possession of cocaine.1 On appeal, Patterson contends that the State failed to establish a proper chain of custody for the cocaine admitted into evidence against him at his trial. In other words, Patterson contends that the State failed to establish that the cocaine introduced into evidence at...

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