United States v. Eric Lee Jobson

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• holding that the defendant's gang membership would make it easier and more likely for him to have access to an assault refile and thus, possess the gun recovered
• holding that where government fails to preserve evidence whose exculpatory value is indeterminate and only potentially useful, the defendant must show (1) that the government acted in bad faith, (2) the exculpatory value of evidence was apparent before its destruction, (3
• holding gang membership admissible to show access to unlawful firearms or opportunity to commit the charged offense
• noting trial court’s error in failing to instruct the jury on proper purpose of gang evidence and finding that such error was not harmless
• noting trial court’s error in failing to instruct the jury on proper purpose of gang evidence and finding that such error was not harmless
• finding no due process violation in government’s failure to prevent destruction of a tape where government was “negligent, perhaps even grossly negligent” but did not act in bad faith

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