[DOWNLOAD] "State Idaho v. Bruce Crook" by Supreme Court Of Idaho " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Idaho v. Bruce Crook
- Author : Supreme Court Of Idaho
- Release Date : January 16, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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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 in his opinion a piece of tape taken from a pair of pliers found at the scene of the burglary was torn from a roll of masking tape found in appellants house. Appellant contends that a gap in the chain of custody of the masking tape and of the tape-covered pliers renders these exhibits, and Marshalls testimony, inadmissible as evidence. We disagree.