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South Carolina Supreme Court Holds Broken Chain of Custody for Drug Evidence Requires Reversal of Conviction

Loaded on Jan. 17, 2019 by Dale Chappell published in Criminal Legal News February, 2019, page 13
Location: South Carolina.

by Dale Chappell

In a case where the State failed to prove the complete chain of custody of the evidence it relied on at trial, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled the evidence inadmissible and that the conviction had to be reversed.

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