Anderson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.
Following a jury trial, Andre Anderson appeals his conviction of burglary, contending that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence certain watches over his chain of custody objection. Because watches are nonfungible items that are readily identifiable, the State bore no burden of establishing a chain of custody. Accordingly, we affirm.
Construed in favor of the verdict, Short v. State, 1 the evidence shows that early one evening, a neighbor alerted a homeowner, who
was working in his garden, that the neighbor had just witnessed a stranger enter the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Mize v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
- Kates v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- McDowell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
3Cited by1 opinion
- The State v. SheltonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014