Hatfield v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Photographic evidence of property wrongfully taken or damaged, (a) In a criminal proceeding or a children’s court proceeding involving the wrongful taking or damaging of property, photographs of the property are competent evidence of the property and are admissible in the proceeding to the same extent as if the property had been introduced as evidence. (b) Photographs of property that are to be introduced as evidence under this section shall be accompanied by a written description of the property, the name of the owner of the property, the location where the alleged crime occurred, the name of the investigating police officer, the date the photograph was taken, and the name and signature of the photographer. The written description shall be signed by the investigating peace officer under penalty of perjury under AS 09-63.020.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Page v. State

2. “[N]ot every failure to preserve evidence violates one’s constitutional right to due process. Rather, the unavailability of evidence violates due process only if the evidence “might have led the jury to entertain a reasonable doubt about the defendant's guilt.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Page v. State