United States v. Martel Barnes

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• holding that conclusive proof of authorship is not required for authentication under Rule 901 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
• concluding that any potential error in admitting disputed Facebook messages was harmless, as “the content of the messages was largely duplicative” of witness testimony and “given the overwhelming evidence of [the defendant’s] guilt”
• reasoning that “regardless, any potential error . . . was harmless”
• concluding the government laid sufficient foundation to support the admission of the defendant’s Facebook messages upon a witness testifying that she had seen the defendant using Facebook and that she recognized his Facebook account as well as his style of communicating
• accepting admission of Facebook messages when a witness testified that she saw the defendant using Facebook, recognized his account ■ and his style of communicating reflected -in the messages the government sought to introduce
• concluding evidence authenticated where “Government laid sufficient foundation”

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