State v. Kistle

MARTIN (Robert M.), 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 offered is the object which was involved in the incident and further that the condition of the object is substantially…