STATE v. BREWINGTON

No. COA09-956.

693 S.E.2d 182 (2010)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Edward BREWINGTON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Lisa Bradley Dawson, for the State.

Lucas & Ellis, PLLC, by Anna S. Lucas, Sanford, for defendant appellant.


HUNTER, JR., ROBERT N., Judge.

Defendant John Edward Brewington ("defendant") appeals from a judgment finding him guilty of possessing cocaine. Defendant argues on appeal that the trial court erred by allowing the State's expert forensic chemist to offer an opinion as to the composition of the contraband substance in issue because the testifying expert was not the expert that conducted the analysis of the substance. After careful review, we hold that the expert testimony...

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