State v. Fornier

The defendant’s underlying claim is that the State has failed “to identify sufficiently the [blood] sample analyzed by Miss Guptill as being the sample taken from the defendant.” He asserts that all essential links in the chain of evidence leading from the sample analyzed to him were not established as required by our law. State v. Reenstierna, 101 N. H. 286. To determine the validity of this argument, it is necessary to examine the facts.

The record discloses that in the presence of the trooper, the doctor took blood from the defendant and placed it in a tube. The trooper then put this tube…