McAlpin v. Newton

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• holding that evidence regarding content and timing of threatening instant messages was sufficient to authenticate them, and rejecting the argument that anonymity of electronic messages makes them inherently unreliable
• stating that \anybody with the right password can gain access to another's email account and send a message ostensibly from that person.\
• stating that \anybody with the right password can gain access to another's email account and send a message ostensibly from that person.\
• holding instant messages were adequately authenticated as having been written by defendant where defendant referred to his name and made threats and discussed events related to matters about which victim testified
• holding instant messages were adequately authenticated as having been written by defendant where defendant referred to his name and made threats and discussed events related to matters about which victim testified
• applying harmless error doctrine to claim that internet messages were insufficiently authenticated

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