Legal Opinion
People of the Territory of Guam v. Concepcion Okada
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1982No. 80-1233PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Concepcion Okada was convicted in the Superior Court of Guam on charges of delivering heroin. The Appellate Division of the District Court of Guam (District Court) reversed the conviction and dismissed the indictment, holding that the Government’s failure to preserve certain discoverable evidence violated Okada’s due process rights. The People of the Territory of Guam brought this appeal. Okada moved to dismiss, on the ground that Guam lacks statutory authority to appeal from the reversal of a conviction by the Appellate Division of the District Court of Guam. We…
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