SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals panel on Tuesday affirmed a criminal firearms conviction based in part on photographs posted on the defendant’s Instagram account under the screen name “40glock.”
Applying a 2014 California Supreme Court ruling on evidence gleaned from social-media sites, the First District Court of Appeal held that photo evidence showing the defendant with a firearm tucked into the waistband of his pants had been properly authenticated.
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