STATE v. KISTLE

No. 821SC332.

297 S.E.2d 626 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Jeffrey J. KISTLE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Lucien Capone, III, Raleigh, for the State.

D. Keith Teague, Elizabeth City, for defendant-appellant.


MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant contends that the State failed to establish a complete chain of custody for the photographs and that the trial court erred when it admitted them into evidence. Since we find that the State adequately established the authenticity of the photographs, we hold that the trial judge properly admitted them into evidence.

The purpose behind the evidentiary rule requiring that a chain of custody be established is to insure that "the object...

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