People v. Gann

QUINN, Chief Justice.

The People appeal a judgment of dismissal entered by the district court on charges of aggravated robbery and the commission *1319of a crime of violence.1 In dismissing the charges, the court ruled that the prosecution violated the defendant’s due process rights because, prior to trial, a police detective investigating the case lost the telephone number of an anonymous informant. We conclude that the telephone number did not measure up to the standard of constitutionally material evidence under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States…