An item of evidence will rarely be admitted if more than ten people have handled the item from when it was first found at the crime scene.

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There is no set number for how many people can handle an item of evidence before it becomes inadmissible. The admissibility of evidence depends on a variety of factors including the chain of custody, the reliability of the evidence, and the potential for contamination or alteration of the evidence.

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