State v. Sloan

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

By his first assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial court improperly allowed into evidence the rectal swab and slides taken from the victim and certain related testimony. Defendant argues that the State failed to establish a sufficient chain of custody to adequately identify these items as the ones taken from the victim.

The State’s chain of custody evidence with regard to the rectal slides is as follows:(1) Dr. Clifford James Long testified that he brought the rape kit, State’s Exhibit 12, into the operating room with Mrs. Shelton. With cotton swabs taken…