Legal Opinion

Garcia v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 21, 2004No. 3D03-1746Published

1Per curiam

The defendant, Reinardo Garcia, appeals from his convictions and sentences for sale of cocaine and trafficking in cocaine arguing that the trial court abused its discre*427tion by admitting into evidence the cocaine seized from both transactions without requiring the State to establish a complete chain of custody. We affirm based on our finding that the State was not required to establish a complete chain of custody where the record does not demonstrate that there was a probability of tampering with the evidence. Davis v. State, 788 So.2d 308, 310 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001); Creme v. State, 752 So.2d…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  2. Creme v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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