Joseph Clyde Ford v. State

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• holding evidence was sufficient to disprove self- defense where defendant shot the victim in the head, made false statements to police about what happened, and attempted to hide physical evidence
• stating that lies are evidence of consciousness of guilt
• “[A]ttempts by a defendant to suppress evidence are admissible to demonstrate his or her consciousness of guilt”
• vehicle where shooting occurred that was not preserved by government was not “materially exculpatory” based upon defendant’s conjecture that “if his expert had been able to examine the car, he might have found evidence that” would have supported self-defense claim
• vehicle where shooting occurred that was not preserved by government was not “materially exculpatory” based upon defendant’s conjecture that “if his expert had been able to examine the car, he might have found evidence that” would have supported self-defense claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).