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2005 SESSION
HB 1511 Affidavit of chain of custody; allows admission into evidence by law-enforcement officer.
Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Admission into evidence of affidavit of chain of custody. Provides that in any hearing or trial of any criminal offense or drug forfeiture proceeding, an affidavit of any law-enforcement officer attesting to chain of custody of any physical evidence taken into possession by him and delivered to the possession of another shall, without objection by counsel of record for the accused, be admissible in evidence as evidence of the facts therein stated.
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HISTORY
- 11/05/04 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 054365276
- 11/05/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/05 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Criminal Law
- 01/17/05 House: Tabled in Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)