9 Va. App. 386 - Reedy v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
January 2005
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brogdon v. Louisiana · American Re-Insurance v. Washburn · Pope v. Commonwealth · Corace v. United States · Washington v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“physical or chemical properties of an item ... requires proof of the chain of custody”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In offering this evidence, the Commonwealth, however, “is not required to exclude every conceivable possibility of substitution, alteration or tampering.” Instead, the Commonwealth [is] required to establish with “reasonable assur anee” that the evidence analyzed and presented at trial was in the same condition as it was when obtained by police.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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