Legal Opinion

People v. Callendar

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 26, 1994PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldstein, J.), rendered October 15, 1992, convicting him of sexual abuse in the first degree (three counts) and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

There is no merit to the defendant’s contention that he was denied due process by the loss of a rape kit prior to testing. The failure of the People to preserve evidentiary material of which no more can be said than that it could have been tested and that the result may have helped the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. People v. TaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. People v. CollinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  4. People v. WinchellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. People v. Williamson, New York County Courts1997

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