In the case of State v. Griffin, the prosecution was permitted to introduce DNA evidence that had been obtained in 1984 from a dollar bill that the government seized years before the trial. The defendant contended that there was a break in the chain of custody that must be established before real evidence could properly be admitted. The defendant contended that the DNA evidence obtained from analyzing blood on the currency in 1984 should not have been allowed to be compared to DNA samples taken from the defendant in recent times

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The Answer of In the case of State v. Griffin, the prosecution was permitted to introduce DNA evidence that had been obtained in 1984 from a dollar bill that the government seized years before the trial. The defendant contended that there was a break in the chain of custody that must be established before real evidence could properly be admitted. The defendant contended that the DNA evidence obtained from analyzing blood on the currency in 1984 should not have been allowed to be compared to DNA samples taken from the defendant in recent times

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