Does the prosecution have to "negate all possibility of tampering" with evidence at trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, B261844 (Cal. App. 2016):
p. 294; People v. Lewis (1987) 191 Cal.App.3d 1288, 1299 [prosecution was not required to "'negate all possibility of tampering' . . . . Appellant having raised the barest speculation that there was tampering with . . . the original exhibits, it was proper for the trial court '"to admit the evidence and let what doubt remain [ed] go to its weight. [Citations.]"' [Citation.]"].)
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