Legal Opinion
State v. Youngblood
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 7, 1993No. CR-90-0053-PR, CR-89-0353-PRPublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTONE, Justice.
These consolidated cases require us to decide whether, absent bad faith on the part of the state, failure to preserve evidence which might be exculpatory constitutes a denial of due process of law under Article 2, § 4 of the Arizona Constitution. We hold that it does not.
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND AND FACTS
A. Youngblood
Youngblood was convicted of child molestation, sexual assault and kidnapping. The court of appeals reversed and ordered dismissal of all charges against Youngblood on the ground that the state violated his federal due process rights by failing properly to…
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