Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/22/2004

Commonwealth v. Dinkins

Citations

440 Mass. 715
802 N.E.2d 76
2004 Mass. LEXIS 24

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affirming denial of motion to suppress due to inadequate showing that access to lost gun and shell casings “would have helped rather than hurt his cause”
claim that expert “could have” reached different conclusion with access to evidence was speculation and is not substitute for evidence
“A claim that the evidence ‘could have’ or ‘would have’ assisted the defense is speculative at best”
opportunity for defendant to “plant these seeds of doubt [regarding missing evidence] was undoubtedly a great deal more than [the defendant] would have accomplished had the evidence been available”
inference must be both reasonable and possible
inference must be both reasonable and possible

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