Mickens v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 2014
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Allen v. United States · 234 Ga. App. 633 - Short v. State · Robinson v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Where the State seeks to introduce evidence of a fungible nature, it must show a chain of custody adequate to preserve the identity of the evidence. The burden is on the State to show with reasonable certainty that the evidence is the same as that seized and that there has been no tampering or substitution. The State need not negate every possibility of tampering, and need only establish reasonable assurance of the identity of the evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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