state-destruction
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-669 | Billy John Bell v. Texas | Texas | 2020-11-16 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (2) | bad-faith due-process evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence material-evidence material-exculpatory state-destruction trombetta trombetta-test youngblood youngblood-standard | When a defendant has proven that the state has destroyed evidence that is material and exculpatory, does he bear the extra burden of proving the actio… |
| 19-8806 | David Lawrence Dixon v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex | West Virginia | 2020-06-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | biological-evidence destruction-of-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment re-testing state-destruction trial | Was Appellant denied his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process when the biological evidence used in his trial was destroyed before Appellant could… |