Legal Opinion
People v. Sams
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 18, 1984No. 82SA119PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
The People, pursuant to section 16-12-102, 8 C.R.S. (1978), appeal the district court’s dismissal of a criminal case filed against the defendant, Robert Sams. The judgment of dismissal was entered as a sanction for the loss of exculpatory identification evidence obtained by the police during the investigatory stage of the case. We conclude that the sanction of dismissal was unduly disproportionate to any prejudice caused to the defendant and therefore constituted an abuse of discretion. We accordingly reverse the judgment.
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The defendant was charged with the crime of aggravated…
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