What is the state of the law in relation to the discovery of lost or destroyed evidence in a criminal case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Carter v. Solano Cnty. Sheriff's Office, No. 2:15-cv-1381 KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
the government's knowledge of the apparent exculpatory value of the evidence at the time it was lost or destroyed. Youngblood, 488 U.S. at 56-57 n*; see also United States v. Cooper, 983 F.2d 928, 931 (9th Cir. 1993).
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