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MO SB646
Bill
Status
1/11/2012
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Engler
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AI Summary
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Adds section 544.378 to Missouri law permitting field test results as evidence of controlled substance identity at preliminary hearings and in arrest warrant applications involving violations of sections 195.010 to 195.425
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Requires law enforcement officers conducting field tests to be trained and certified in appropriate procedures for admissibility of results
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Authorizes 15 specific chemical reagent field tests as admissible evidence, including Marquis reagent, Duquenois-Levine reagent, Mecke's reagent, Mandelin reagent, and 11 others listed in the statute
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Field test results remain subject to other substantive or procedural objections and limitations established in the statute
Legislative Description
Makes the results of certain types of field tests for controlled substances admissible as evidence in certain preliminary hearings and applications for arrest warrants
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
2/2/2012