Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 8/21/1992
Creel v. State
Citations
- 618 So. 2d 132
- 1992 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 1022
- 1992 WL 200949
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- reversing a conviction where a four-day gap was unaccounted for before the crime lab received the evidence and where the individuals in charge of maintaining the evidence in those four days could not be identified
- “The chain of custody is composed of ‘links.’ A ‘link’ is anyone who handled the item. The State must identify each link from the time the item was seized.” (cleaned up)
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Judges: McMillan
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