Sansom v. State

GARRARD, Judge.

A jury convicted Sansom of burglary. His appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and attacks the admission into evidence of state's exhibit 7, which was used to identify a latent fingerprint found at the scene.

The exhibit is a fingerprint card which had been secured and maintained by the police department. The card reflects that the prints were taken on January 9, 1982 of a Maurice Sansom whose middle name was Antoin, Antoine, or Antione. The card described the subject as "a black male residing at 984 Carroll St., Apt. 4 in Hammond." It related that he was born in…