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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 34 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Ohio v. Wilkins.

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1 Ohio v. Wilkins Anchor
ohio · 1980
green “a strict chain of custody is not always required in order for physical evidence to be admissible.” 16
2 State v. Blevins
ohioctapp · 1987
green “the state need only establish that it is reasonably certain that substitution, alteration or tampering did not occur.” 10
3 State v. Richey
ohio · 1992
green “the possibility of contamination goes to the weight of the evidence, not its admissibility” 4
4 State v. Keene
ohio · 1998
green “the state is not required to prove a perfect, unbroken chain of custody.” 4

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