Recent Development: Sublet v. State: Authentication of Evidence from Social Networking Websites Requires a Trial Judge to Find Sufficient Proof From Which a Reasonable Juror Could Conclude That the Evidence is What the Proponent Claims it to Be

Authors

Denise A. BlakeFollow

Abstract

The Court of Appeals of Maryland, in three consolidated cases, held that a trial judge must determine that evidence from a social networking website meets the “reasonable juror” standard of authentication as a condition precedent to admissibility. Sublet v. State, 442 Md. 632, 678, 113 A.3d 695, 722 (2015). This standard requires a preliminary determination by the trial judge that a reasonable juror could find the evidence is what the proponent claims it to be.

Recommended Citation

Blake, Denise A. (2015) "Recent Development: Sublet v. State: Authentication of Evidence from Social Networking Websites Requires a Trial Judge to Find Sufficient Proof From Which a Reasonable Juror Could Conclude That the Evidence is What the Proponent Claims it to Be," University of Baltimore Law Forum: Vol. 46: No. 1, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/lf/vol46/iss1/11