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· 5/9/1988

State v. Wynia

Citations

  • 754 P.2d 667
  • 82 Utah Adv. Rep. 16
  • 1988 Utah App. LEXIS 77
  • 1988 WL 46409

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Once the evidence is in the hands of the state, it is generally presumed that the exhibits were handled with regularity, absent an affirmative showing of bad faith or actual tampering.”
  • “Once the evidence is in the hands of the state, it is generally presumed that the exhibits were handled with regularity, absent an affirmative showing of bad faith or actual tampering.”
  • “The party proffering the evidence is not required to eliminate every conceivable possibility that the evidence may have been altered.”
  • “A weak link in the chain of custody and any doubt created by it go to the weight of the evidence once the trial court has exercised the discretion to admit it.”

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Judges: Bench, Jackson, Billings

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