RULE GR 20
               SECURITY IN HANDLING COURT EXHIBITS


     (a)  Hazardous, Valuable, and Bulky Exhibits. Upon petition
of the clerk or any party and order of the court, a hazardous
exhibit, money, an item of negotiable value, or an item deemed to
be excessively bulky, may be admitted and then withdrawn upon the
substitution of photograph(s), videotape(s), samples or other
facsimile representations as provided by the order.  The
photograph(s), videotape(s), samples or other facsimile
representations may be used to demonstrate the existence,
quantity, and physical characteristic of the evidence.  The order
shall direct the disposition of the original evidence and shall
state whether the evidence shall be further documented by a
descriptive certificate issued by an authorized agency.

     (b) Controlled Substances.  When controlled substances or
samples thereof are presented in court, such items shall be
presented under sealed evidence tape in containers whose labels
describe their contents.  Sealed controlled substances presented
as exhibits shall be unsealed in open court and, upon completion
of the action for which unsealing was ordered, the item shall be sealed again.

     (c) Original Exhibit. When a photograph, videotape, or other
facsimile representation is substituted, the original exhibit
must be retained by the presenting party or agency until at least
sixty (60) days following case completion and must produce the
original exhibit upon the court's direction.  Case completion is
defined as the date of filing of the judgment of acquittal, final
judgment, or dismissal, or the date the judgment becomes final after appeal.

     (d) Appeal.  Exhibits handled under these rules shall have
the same standing for purposes of appeal as would the original exhibits.

     (e) Hazardous Exhibits.  For purposes of this rule,
"hazardous exhibit" means an exhibit that unreasonably threatens
the health and safety of persons handling the exhibit, including
exhibits having potentially toxic, explosive, or disease-carrying
characteristics.  Non-exclusive examples of hazardous exhibits
include firearms, knives and other weapons, live ammunition,
controlled substances, bodily fluid samples, and bloody clothing.


[Adopted effective September 1, 1997; amended effective September 1, 2000.]