State v. Chouinard

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• indicating that there must be a “realistic basis, beyond extrapolated speculation, for supposing that availability of the lost evidence would have undercut the prosecution’s case”
• dismissal of charge may be required if State improperly destroys or loses evidence that may be helpful to defense
• discussing nondisclosure of evidence (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• articulating factors to be considered when evidence is lost

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).