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27 Am. J. Crim. L. 329 (1999-2000)
Should Lost Evidence Mean a Lost Chance to Prosecute: State Rejections of the United States Supreme Court Decision in Arizona v. Youngblood

handle is hein.journals/ajcl27 and id is 339 raw text is: Notes Should Lost Evidence Mean a Lost Chance to Prosecute?: State Rejections of the United States Supreme Court Decision in Arizona v. Youngblood Table of Contents I. Introduction ....................................................................................... 331 II. B ackground ....................................................................................... 335 A. The Law ofAccess to Evidence Before Arizona v. Youngblood.. 336 B. Arizona v. Youngblood: A Standard is Set ................................... 337 1. The Legal History and Holding of Youngblood ...................... 338 a. Justice Rehnquist's Majority Opinion ................................ 338 b. Justice Stevens' Concurring Opinion ................................ 340 c. Justice Blacknun 's Dissent ................................................ 340 2. Reasons Behind the Majority Ruling ....................................... 341 3. The Effect and Non-effect of Youngblood ............................... 342 4. A Number of State Courts Have Agreed with Youngblood ..... 343 a. California ........................................................................... 343 b. A rizona ............................................................................... 344 c. Maine and Ohio ................................................................. 346 C. A Different Approach: States Begin to Move Away from Y oungblood .................................................................................. 348 1. Disagreement with the Ruling in Youngblood ........................ 348 a. A laska ................................................................................. 348 b. D elaware ............................................................................ 349 c. Tennessee ........................................................................... 351 2. Reasons States Began to Disagree. ......................................... 351 a. A laska ................................................................................. 352 b. D elaw are ............................................................................ 352 c. Tennessee ........................................................................... 353 d. Other States and Their Reasoning ..................................... 353 D. Two Viable Theories on Lost Evidence and Due Process ............ 354 1. Bad Faith Required ................................................................. 354 a. A rizona ............................................................................... 354 b. F lorida ............................................................................... 355 2. Bad Faith Not Required .......................................................... 356 a. The Majority Anti-Youngblood Approach ......................... 356

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