STATE v. BURRELL

No. 7530SC348.

217 S.E.2d 751 (1975)

27 N.C. App. 61

STATE of North Carolina v. Harold BURRELL.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Deputy Atty. Gen. R. Bruce White, Jr. and Asst. Atty. Gen. Zoro J. Guice, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Creighton W. Sossomon, Sylva, for defendant-appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant first contends that the trial court erred in allowing Stephen Jones of the SBI, an expert in the field of fingerprint identification, to testify that in his opinion the latent fingerprint lifted from the door knob (Exhibit 1) matched the known print of the defendant's left index finger. Based upon an alleged break in the chain of custody of Exhibit 1 prior to Jones' receipt of it at his office in Raleigh, defendant argues that the State failed...

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