Robin McKennel Lovitt v. William Page True, Warden, Sussex I State Prison

How courts have described this case

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• holding that although there may have been “a serious error in judgment” in failing to preserve evidence, “there existed no evidence of bad faith on anyone’s part”
• holding that although there may have been \a serious error in judgment\ in failing to preserve evidence, \there existed no evidence of bad faith on anyone's part\
• noting that, to pursue a particular theory at sentencing, though it may ultimately fail, often “reflects not incompetence, but rather a sound strategic choice”
• distinguishing in the context of the Youngblood analysis even “a serious error in judgment” from bad faith
• distinguishing in the context of the Youngblood analysis even \a serious error in judgment\ from bad faith
• finding exception to Brady where defendant could have questioned doctor about her opinion regarding the murder weapon’s potential to inflict the victim’s wounds

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).