Illinois v. Fisher

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2004-02-23

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*545 Per Curiam. The Appellate Court of Illinois held here that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause required the dismissal of criminal charges because the police, acting in good faith and according to normal police procedures, destroyed evidence that respondent had requested more than 10 years earlier in a discovery motion. Petitioner, the State of Illinois, co…

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