Washington v. State

I agree with the majority’s decision to affirm this case but write separately to express my belief that the CT scan of T.W.’s brain was properly authenticated. The majority opinion correctly notes that Arkansas Rule of Evidence 901 applies to the authentication of the CT scan in question in this case. The opinion further points out that Arkansas Rule of Evidence 1001(2) lumps x-ray films with | ^photographs and states that “there is no good reason to treat an x-ray image differently from a computed tomography image for authentication purposes.” I agree. Where I differ is that, for purposes of…