Originally Posted by
bdschobel
The chain of custody was broken when Phil picked up his stuff and walked out of the room. The police could claim -- falsely, of course! -- that Phil himself hit the "delete" button. Without some sort of time-stamp, proving who did what is going to be impossible. Too bad.
Bruce
I'm asking if the stuff was ever properly logged in in the first place -- did he get the receipt he requested? If not, then isn't it sort of pointless to even worry about whether Phil broke the chain of custody when he walked out.