Explain the significance of the Supreme Court decision in Arizona v. Youngblood as it relates to a due process argument in a Brady claim.
What will be an ideal response?
The Supreme Court held that the failure of police to preserve potentially useful evidence was not a denial of due process of law absent the defendant's showing of bad faith on the part of the police. The Court was unwilling to impose on police an absolute duty to retain and preserve all material that might be of conceivable evidentiary significance in a particular prosecution.
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A. terrorism B. assault C. activism D. crime
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A) bailiffs B) sheriffs C) chiefs D) constables
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. economic crime b. business crime c. conventional crime d. occupational crime