Cases Relating to Chapter 13 - Documentary Evidence

Abstract

Publisher Summary This chapter presents several case studies related to documentary evidence. These cases include the case of Wilkerson versus State, State versus Huehn, and McKeehan versus State. In the first case, the appellant Jeffery Scott Wilkerson seeks the reversal of his conviction for delivering a Schedule VI controlled substance—marijuana. On appeal, appellant argues that the trial court erred: (1) by denying his motion for a directed verdict because there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction; (2) in admitting into evidence a tape recording between a confidential informant and appellant that was not properly authenticated; (3) in failing to suppress evidence where the application for search warrant failed to set forth particular facts bearing on the informant's reliability; (4) by denying his motion to suppress where the search warrant did not indicate that it was based upon either recorded testimony or sworn affidavits. In the second cases, the defendant, Daniel Huehn, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of theft. In the third case, the defendant, Ronald McKeehan, was found guilty after jury trial of robbery with a firearm, grand theft, aggravated assault with a firearm, and kidnapping with intent to commit a felony.