Baker v. State

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

Lonnie Ray Baker appeals from his conviction of malice murder, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He does not directly contest the sufficiency of the evidence to authorize the conviction.

1. The first enumerated error is the admission in evidence of numerous state’s exhibits, over the general objection as to all exhibits that a chain of custody had not been proved.

The fact that the state had to obtain a short recess to allow its witness to bring the evidence into the courtroom from his locked car, does not illustrate a break in the chain of custody, as…