Problems 15 – 21 are based upon the following scenario: Defe…

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Prоblems 15 – 21 аre bаsed upоn the fоllowing scenаrio: Defendant Dr. Derrick Dessa is on trial for murdering his wife, Vickie.  Dr. Dessa allegedly poisoned his wife by slipping cyanide into her daily calcium capsules. Vickie took one of the cyanide capsules and was fatally poisoned.  At the time the poison began to affect Vickie, she was driving her car to a doctor’s appointment.  She lost control of the car and crashed into a stop sign.  Autopsy results indicated that she was killed by a large dose of cyanide. The police investigating the murder speak with Vickie’s friend about the anti-freeze and the cell phone conversation and, relying on her statements, obtain and execute a search warrant of Vickie and Dessa’s home. Officer Barney Fife finds a bottle of calcium pills in the kitchen cabinet.   Fife places the calcium pills in a zip-lock bag he finds in the kitchen of Vickie’s home.   He does not label the zip-lock or place in inside an evidence bag but promptly transports the calcium pills to the crime lab.  The crime lab tests all 30 pills remaining in the bottle and finds that only 7 of the 30 pills contain cyanide.   The crime lab chemist writes up these test results in a lab report for use in Dr. Dessa’s murder trial.  Which statement is most accurate?

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