Armstrong v. State

Fletcher, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Joshua Armstrong of felony murder, armed robbery, and burglary for his involvement in the killing of Blanche Atwood. The principal issue on appeal is whether the State satisfied chain of custody requirements for a blood-stained t-shirt that had the victim’s DNA on it. Because we find there was a sufficient eviden-tiary foundation to admit the t-shirt into evidence and Armstrong’s other enumerations of error are without merit, we affirm.

On September 3, 1998, Armstrong and an accomplice, Tony Elam, skipped school and forced their way into the home of…