Case Name: Leroy Childs SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-05-28
Citations: 873 So. 2d 1255
Docket Number: No. 5D03-2805
Parties: Leroy Childs SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: THOMPSON, MONACO, and TORPY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 873
Pages: 1255–1255

Head Matter:
Leroy Childs SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D03-2805.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 28, 2004.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and A.S. Rogers, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
No appearance for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Taylor v. State, 855 So.2d 1 (Fla.2003), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 124 S.Ct. 1605, 158 L.Ed.2d 248 (2004); State v. Taplis, 684 So.2d 214 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996), review dismissed, 703 So.2d 453 (Fla.1997), both standing for the proposition that a party attempting to exclude otherwise relevant evidence on the basis of a gap in the chain of custody must show a likelihood or probability of tampering.
THOMPSON, MONACO, and TORPY, JJ., concur.