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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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