palmspringsbum - Felony Cultivation Preliminary Hearing Trial Transcript

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 1       Q What did you do next pursuant to your search?
 
 2       A After we completed the search I collected the
 
 3  suspected marijuana and evidence related to.
 
 4       Q Could you describe for the court the process you
 
 5  went about in collecting that evidence.
 
 6       A Yes. First, the suspected marijuana and related
 
 7  items, including dominion and control for the residence,
 
 8  were photographed with 35 millimeter film. I then
 
 9  personally marked five envelopes that were approximately
 
 10 three-by-five labeled A, B, C, D, and E.
 
 11      I then went to the closet where I took a random 
 
 12 sample from the plants in the closet and placed that
 
 13 sample from different plants in A, B, C, D, and E. Sealed
 
 14 those.
 
 15      I also collected samples from the eight plants
 
 16 in the bedroom which were included in the five random
 
 17 samples.
 
 18      Eventually the samples were, correction, what
 
 19 was left was placed into one large bag. That suspected
 
 20 marijuana was eventually sent to sheriff's crime lab where
 
 21 it was used for analysis, and lab results showed it was
 
 22 positive for the presence of cannabis.
 
 23      MR. ADAMS: I want to get this marked as Exhibit No.
 
 24 3, if I may. I am showing it to Attorney Sasnett now.
 
 25           May I approach.
 
 26      THE COURT: yes.
 
 27      Q (BY MR. Adams:) Deputy I am showing you what
 
 28 is marked as People's exhibit No. 3 for identification