State v. Crook

DONALDSON, Justice.

The central issue presented by this appeal from a conviction of first degree burglary is whether certain exhibits should have been excluded from evidence because of a gap in their chain of custody. Defendant-appellant Bruce Crook was convicted of the first degree burglary of the Salmon River Coffee Shop in Salmon, Idaho. At trial, the primary evidence against him was the testimony of Roger Hartley, who pleaded guilty to receiving the proceeds from the burglary, and the testimony of William Marshall, a criminologist at the State Forensic Laboratory. Marshall testified that…