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· 4/18/1995

Dunn v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 456 S.E.2d 135
  • 20 Va. App. 217
  • 1995 Va. App. LEXIS 362

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding certificate of analysis properly admitted when appellant did not offer evidence to rebut the Commonwealth’s proof of chain of custody
  • no break in the chain of custody where the evidence was transferred between laboratories
  • “Code § 19.2-187 permits the Commonwealth to introduce into evidence at trial a certificate of analysis ‘of a person performing an analysis or examination, performed in any laboratory operated by . . . the Division of Forensic Science.’”
  • the judgment of a trial court is presumed correct on appeal

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Judges: Koontz and Elder

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