STATE v. CAMPBELL

No. 40A84.

317 S.E.2d 391 (1984)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Harold CAMPBELL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by James Peeler Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Robert L. Gunn, Pittsboro, for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The sole issue raised on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a "rape kit" prepared by a physician who examined the victim shortly after the rape occurred. The defendant contends that the State failed to establish a chain of custody for the kit between the time of its preparation and the time its contents were analyzed by a forensic serologist employed by the State Bureau...

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