Ramey v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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30 state decisions

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1. “At the trial, the rifle, the spent cartridge casing, and the bullet were admitted over the objection by appellant that an unbroken chain of custody, as to each item, had not been established. There is no necessity of establishing a chain of custody where the evidence sought to be admitted is a distinct physical object that can be identified and differentiated by the senses on observation. Like the ax involved in Starks, 11 . . . the rifle here is not subject to the “chain of custody” requirement. Assuming without deciding that the chain of custody rule would apply to a shell casing or spent bullet which was indistinguishable, at least to the naked eye, from all other similar shell casings and bullets, we find that the chain of custody as to these items was firmly established. There was no error in admitting these items of evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 287 Ga. App. 248 - Green v. State