(DOWNLOAD) "State V. Chouinard" by New Mexico Supreme Court # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Chouinard
- Author : New Mexico Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 23, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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The defendant was indicted on September 21, 1977, on nine counts of trafficking in cocaine. He failed to appear for arraignment and was not apprehended and arrested on the indictment until May 15, 1979. In the interval, on May 16, 1978, the district attorney mistakenly authorized a court order for destruction of the substance alleged to be cocaine, which was the physical evidence in the case against the defendant for all but Count VII. The defendant moved for dismissal on grounds of destruction of the evidence. The trial court denied the motion but tried Count VII separately from the remaining counts. The defendant was found guilty in both trials, and appealed. We granted certiorari to consider the Court of Appeals' reversal of both convictions.