STATE v. SLOAN

No. 349A85.

343 S.E.2d 527 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Walter SLOAN, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Steven F. Bryant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for State.

Benny S. Sharpe, Rockingham, for defendant-appellant.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

By his first assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial court improperly allowed into evidence the rectal swab and slides taken from the victim and certain related testimony. Defendant argues that the State failed to establish a sufficient chain of custody to adequately identify these items as the ones taken from the victim.

The State's chain of custody evidence with regard to the rectal slides is as follows:

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