State v. Reates

Shawn Reaves was convicted of voluntary manslaughter after the shooting death of Keshawn Applewhite. He now argues that deficiencies in the police investigation — including the loss of potentially exculpatory evidence and the failure to ascertain the identity of a second shooter — deprived him of a fair trial, and delays occasioned by the State’s faulty investigation deprived him of the right to a speedy trial. Reaves asks the indictment be dismissed. We disagree and therefore affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Police responded to a call about a fight in progress in Marion. On their way to the…