Legal Opinion
State v. Lopez
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided October 15, 1987No. 2 CA-CR 87-0219PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FERNANDEZ, Judge.
The sole issue in this case is the propriety of the court’s dismissal of the charges against the appellee because the state destroyed evidence which the defense had specifically requested be preserved.
Appellee Virginia Navarro Lopez was arrested on October 17, 1986, and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana for sale and unlawful transportation of marijuana. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on that day, two DPS officers traveling southbound on Interstate 19 north of Nogales observed two northbound vehicles travel-ling together at the posted speed limit of 55 miles per…
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