Legal Opinion
State of Tennessee v. Angela M. Merriman
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 16, 2013No. M2011-01682-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, J.
in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., and CORNELIA A. CLARK, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
The defendant was arrested for driving under the influence, reckless endangerment with a motor vehicle, reckless driving, driving on a suspended license, and violation of the implied consent law. The arresting officer recorded his pursuit and stop of the defendant’s vehicle using video recording equipment installed in his patrol vehicle, but the video recording was subsequently lost. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss alleging that the State’s failure to preserve potentially…
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