State v. Frierson

*1007The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

This case arises from an attack on Otis Webb in April 2008. After answering his door, Webb was hit in the mouth and knocked to the ground. While one attacker pinned Webb down, the other dug through Webb’s pockets and stole $950. During the altercation, Webb knocked a cap off of the head of one of the intruders. DNA collected from the cap connected defendant Melvin Frierson to the attack.

At Frierson’s trial on charges of aggravated robbeiy and aggravated burglary, Frierson objected to the admission of the cap, arguing that its chain of custody…