· 4/23/2015
Sublet, Harris & Monge-Martinez v. State
Citations
- 442 Md. 632
- 113 A.3d 695
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- explaining that our adoption of Md. Rule 5-901 was intended to codify our common law of evidence, which was based upon Federal Rule of Evidence 901(a)
- stating that authentication of evidence “merely renders [it] admissible, leaving the issue of its ultimate reliability to the jury.”
- stating that authentication of evidence “merely renders [it] admissible, leaving the issue of its ultimate reliability to the jury.”
- describing the “first and most obvious method for authentication” as asking the purported author if they wrote the messages
- upholding the authentication of Twitter messages that “referenced a plan” for retaliation “that had . . . been created in response to events occurring that same day” and was known by “only a small pool of [seven] individuals,” including the defendant
- upholding the authentication of Twitter messages that “referenced a 9 plan” for retaliation “that had . . . been created in response to events occurring that 10 same day” and was known by “only a small pool of [seven] individuals,” including 11 the defendant
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Judges: Battaglia
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