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FOR PUBLICATION
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: JAMES T. KNIGHT Logansport, Indiana ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: STEVE CARTER Attorney General of Indiana GARY DAMON SECREST Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
JUAN JOSE ESPINOZA, Appellant-Defendant, vs. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee-Plaintiff. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 09A02-0603-CR-222

APPEAL FROM THE CASS SUPERIOR COURT The Honorable Richard Maughmer, Judge Cause No. 09D02-0501-FA-4

December 27, 2006

OPINION - FOR PUBLICATION

SHARPNACK, Judge

Juan Jose Espinoza appeals his conviction for dealing in marijuana as a class C felony. 1 Espinoza raises four issues, which we revise and restate as: I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by admitting the cocaine and marijuana over Espinoza's chain of custody objection; Whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain Espinoza's conviction for dealing in marijuana as a class C felony; Whether the trial court erred by denying Espinoza's motion for a directed verdict based upon entrapment; Whether the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing Espinoza; and Whether Espinoza's four-year sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.

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V. We affirm. 2

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