Chain of Custody and the Handling of Real Evidence¶
Giannelli, P. C. (1983). Chain of Custody and the Handling of Real Evidence. American Criminal Law Review, 20(4), 527-568.
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Primes¶
- Custody Transfer
- Here the missing-record failure is decisive: a single unlogged transfer breaks the chain of custody, and a defense challenge can render the evidence inadmissible — the longer custody chain is only as strong as its least-documented link.
This sourceEstablishes that gaps or unlogged transfers in the chain of custody go to admissibility and weight, and that for non-readily-identifiable evidence a chain of custody must be established through the major links, a missing one of which can render real evidence inadmissible.
- Here the missing-record failure is decisive: a single unlogged transfer breaks the chain of custody, and a defense challenge can render the evidence inadmissible — the longer custody chain is only as strong as its least-documented link.
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