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To: Brumar89 who wrote (725515)	7/9/2013 7:55:24 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Respond to of 1578498

Obama orders federal employees to report suspicious actions of colleagues...

To: Brumar89 who wrote (725515)	7/9/2013 7:57:42 PM
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EXPERT WITNESS: Trayvon was on top when shot...

To: Brumar89 who wrote (725515)	7/9/2013 7:57:58 PM
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'Angry Trayvon' App Shut Down After Sparking Outrage...

To: Brumar89 who wrote (725515)	7/10/2013 10:16:15 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578498

Judge refused to allow Trayvon Martin's cellphone pictures and text as evidence DESPITE the following: State v Lumarque, At an in limine hearing, the trial court found the two images and one text message the ex-wife testified to admissible, but concluded the remaining exhibits inadmissible as the ex-wife could not authenticate them. The court erred. The images and text messages were found on the defendant's cellular telephone, seized pursuant to a search of the defendant's home through a warrant shortly after the alleged incident. This fact, testified by the State's forensics expert, is sufficient to authenticate these exhibits. U.S. v. Caldwell, 776 F.2d 989, 1001-02 (11th Cir.1985) (holding that authentication of evidence merely requires a finding that the evidence is what it purports to be). It also is immaterial that the ex-wife could not identify each of the messages being shown to her on the night of the incident. Regardless how these images and text messages might have found their way onto the defendant's cellular telephone, the State has presented sufficient evidence at this stage that these exhibits constitute evidence of motive. Craig v. State, 510 So.2d 857, 863 (Fla.1987) (stating that evidence of motive is admissible when it would help the jury understand other evidence). Accordingly, they are admissible into evidence at the trial of this case upon the State laying the proper predicates as indicated by this opinion.