41 Md. App. 691 - Knight v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
October 2011
most recently cited
8 state decisions
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““The Legislature in adopting the sections of the law here under consideration created a prima facie presumption in favor of the report of a chemist analyzing an alleged controlled dangerous substance. See Section 10-1001. It also provided that for the purpose of establishing custody a statement signed by those persons having custody of the evidence must be delivered to the next person on the list. This is prima facie evidence that the person had custody and made delivery as stated and acts so as to preclude the necessity of the appearance of that person in court. See Section 10-1002.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““By the enactment of Laws 1974, ch. 794, now codified as Courts art. §§ 10-1001 to 10-1003 inclusive, the General Assembly provided that it would not be necessary for the chemist to appear as a witness in a trial of a person for violation of this State’s Controlled Dangerous Substances Laws, Md. Ann. Code art. 27, §§ 276-302, to establish the proper chain of custody unless the defendant complies with the statutory prerequisite spelled out in Courts Art. § 10-1003.” (Footnote omitted). (Emphasis supplied).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““We note that this whole issue could have been avoided if, when the objection to the admission of the report was made, the State had withheld the report and produced the chemist. Alternatively, the trial judge could have declined to receive the report and directed the State to produce the chemist to testify.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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