Practice question
What is the central evidentiary purpose of the chain-of-custody safeguards in a dangerous-drug case?
- To replace all proof with an officer's conclusion.
- To establish the identity and integrity of the seized item presented as evidence.
- To prove every accused guilty merely upon arrest.
- To eliminate the need to identify the specimen.
- To authorize every search regardless of law.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2014/ra_10640_2014.html — RA10640 Section1 amending RA9165 Section21(1).
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/nov2022/gr_250927_2022.html — Nisperos v. People, G.R.250927, November29 2022, MAIN en banc opinion and guidelines.
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