Chain of Custody

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1. What central evidentiary purpose does a chain of custody serve?
2. Does Section 21 of RA 9165 automatically govern every stable non-drug object recovered by police?
3. Under the saving clause in Section 21 as amended by RA 10640, what must accompany justifiable grounds for noncompliance?
4. A custodian identifies a uniquely numbered firearm and explains its receipt, safekeeping and delivery to court. Must th…
5. A drug prosecutor admits a statutory inventory lapse but invokes only the saving clause’s existence, offering neither a…
6. A chemical specimen passes through several handlers. The laboratory report identifies Sample B, while the collector’s r…
7. In a post-amendment drug seizure, the team omits required inventory safeguards. At trial the prosecution proves no just…
8. Why is tracing a fungible specimen’s custody important even when a laboratory report accurately states what was tested?
9. Explain the two cumulative conditions in the amended drug-law saving clause.
10. Compare the foundation for an individually identifiable engine with that for an unmarked chemical specimen.
11. For an ordinary drug seizure governed by amended Section21(1), which insulating-witness combination is specified?
12. Does amended Section21(1) allow the specified accused-side presence through a representative or counsel?