Legal Opinion
State v. Miller
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 20, 2010No. S09G1828PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in State v. Miller, 298 Ga. App. 584 (680 SE2d 627) (2009), to consider the proper standard for analyzing whether the destruction of potentially exculpatory evidence rises to a violation of due process and whether that standard was met in this case. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the appropriate standard, which has been set forth in precedent from this Court, was not applied by the Court of Appeals, and further, that such standard was not met in Miller’s case.
The opinion by the Court of Appeals stated the following.…
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