State v. DeJesus

Chief Justice Durrant,

opinion of the Court:

Introduction

¶ 1 This case, along with State v. Mohamud,1 requires us to apply the due process analysis we set forth in State v. Tiedemann,2 which addresses the due process rights of criminal defendants when evidence has been lost or destroyed. On April 23, 2015, defendant Lissette DeJesus was sentenced to an indeterminate term of zero to five years in prison for assaulting a prison guard. She argues on appeal that a video recording of the assault was lost or destroyed by the State and that this loss of evidence violated her due process rights,…