Downs v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1985
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Illinois Power Co. v. Local Union No. 51, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · West v. United States · Williams v. State · Wickliffe v. State · Fight v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The purpose of the rule requiring a chain of custody is to prevent the introduction of evidence which is not authentic. It is not necessary that the statement eliminate every possibility of tampering, if the trial court is satisfied that in reasonable probability the evidence had not been tampered with. In such matters, the trial judge is accorded some discretion, in the absence of evidence indicating tampering with the evidence, and we will not reverse the trial judge’s ruling unless we find an abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Douglas v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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