Baum v. State

Joseph Baum was charged by information with two counts of robbery and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was tried by jury, found guilty, convicted and sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment in the state penitentiary for each of the robbery charges, and fifteen years imprisonment for the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. TWo points are raised on this appeal.

The first point is that the court erred in permitting an expert witness to give an opinion based on latent fingerprints where the original objects from which the…