North Dakota Supreme Court· 10/25/2010

State v. Thompson

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2010 ND 10
777 N.W.2d 617
2010 WL 93233

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holding that victim's testimony as recipient of messages as to knowledge of defendant's phone number and circumstances of the day they were sent was sufficient to authenticate the messages and collecting similar out-of-state and federal cases
providing a comprehensive review of other jurisdictions' authenticity requirements for electronic communications
providing a comprehensive review of other jurisdictions' authenticity requirements for electronic communications
subject to proper foundation, text messages sent from defendant’s phone represent her statements under North Dakota Evidence Rule 801(d)(2)(i), which is identical to Ohio Evidence Rule 801(D)(2)(a)
text messages admissible since the State proved the messages were sent by defendant through evidence of defendant’s cell phone number and signature on text messages
defendant's husband testified that he received text messages from what he knew to be her phone number and that she signed them in a distinctive manner with which he was familiar, and the defendant admitted sending text messages from her phone to her husband’s phone that day

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Judges: Sandstrom, Vande Walle, Crothers, Maring, Kapsner

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