Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/5/1991

Commonwealth v. Henderson

Citations

582 N.E.2d 496
411 Mass. 309
1991 Mass. LEXIS 570

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holding that Massachusetts' due process rule is stricter than the federal rule and requires balancing of the government's culpability, materiality of the evidence, and potential prejudice to the defendant
holding that Massachusetts' due process rule is stricter than the federal rule and requires balancing of the government's culpability, materiality of the evidence, and potential prejudice to the defendant
rejecting Youngblood and applying the standard under the Massachusetts state constitution because \[t]he fact that police did not act in had faith when they negligently lost the potentially exculpatory evidence cannot in fairness be dispositive\
“The rule under the due process provisions of the Massachusetts Constitution is stricter than that stated in the Youngblood opinion.”
“[t]he rule under the due process provisions of the Massachusetts Constitution is stricter than that stated in the Youngblood opinion”
\The rule under the due process provisions of the Massachusetts Constitution is stricter than that stated in the Youngblood opinion.\

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Lynch, O'Connor, Greaney

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