In McKeehan V

Multiple Choice

In McKeehan v. State, defendant McKeehan was found guilty by a jury of robbery with a firearm, grand theft, aggravated assault with a firearm, and kidnapping with intent to commit a felony. All of these crimes were purportedly committed at a Sleep Inn Motel in Orlando. At the trial, an officer was permitted to orally identify the defendant from a security video from a different motel where other crimes had occurred. The video from the other motel was not shown, and the officer's identification of the defendant was important to the state's case. The reviewing court decided that:

A) the state's failure to introduce the original was not an error.
B) the state statute requiring the original video to be admitted has no exceptions.
C) because there was no evidence that the video was taken correctly at the second motel, they were improperly admitted.
D) because the original video should have been admitted, there was a violation of the best evidence rule, and the reviewing court reversed the conviction.