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Title: Jo Anne C. Taylor v. Safeco Insurance Co.
Author : First District. District Court of Appeal of Florida
Release Date : January 23, 1974
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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The central issue raised by this appeal is whether the destruction of a suspect contraband drug unavoidably consumed during chemical testing by a states chemist constitutes an act of suppression of evidence and a denial of due process by the state sufficient to exclude the trial testimony of the states chemist and preclude prosecution of the defendant for possession of such contraband drug. We hold that such destruction does not constitute a suppression of evidence and a denial of due process by the state sufficient to exclude such expert testimony or to bar such prosecution. Accordingly, we reverse.