BEHRENS v. STATE

No. 4D00-4484.

830 So.2d 190 (2002)

Ernesto BEHRENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and James W. McIntire, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant was convicted of armed sexual battery and burglary of a dwelling with battery, based on DNA evidence. He argues that the court erred in admitting the evidence because the state did not establish a chain of custody. We affirm.

The officer who took the DNA sample from appellant testified that he had collected two DNA swabs, one from the left side of appellant's mouth and one from the right side. The evidence was attached to a property receipt...

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