New Mexico Court of Appeals· 9/22/1987

State v. Grissom

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746 P.2d 661
106 N.M. 555

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holding that with regard to the defendant’s claim that destruction of documents impaired his defense, defendant has a duty to initiate efforts to discover or obtain evidence of which defendant is aware
when documentary evidence was destroyed before delay became inordinate, loss of evidence did not constitute prejudice
delay totaling sixteen months that was attributable to state in complex conspiracy and racketeering case sufficient to trigger speedy trial analysis
delay totaling sixteen months that was attributable to state in complex conspiracy and racketeering case sufficient to trigger speedy trial analysis
“Delay arising from hearing [the] defendants’ motions, not caused by the prosecution, is weighed against the defendants] in balancing the Barker factors.”
defendant must “establish with specificity the critical testimony which [he] assert[s] has been lost”

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Judges: Donnelly, Alarid, Apodaca

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