State of Tennessee v. Vernon DeWayne Waller

A Davidson County jury convicted the Appellant, Vernon Dewayne Waller, of sale of a counterfeit controlled substance, a class E felony. The trial court sentenced Waller as a career offender to six years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, Waller presents the following issues for review: (1) Did the trial court err in ruling that if the Defendant chose to testify, his prior felony drug convictions would be admissible to impeach his credibility; (2) Did the trial court err in allowing the State to introduce a substance alleged to be cocaine and a lab report identifying it as such through a witness other than the technician who tested the substance; and (3) Did the trial court err in finding the Defendant was a career offender. After a review of the record, we find that Waller's issues are without merit. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.