ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This case, in which Paul Testamark was charged with assaulting Merry Cook with intent to rape, raises the issue of how a court should deal with a police department's failure to preserve evidence that is potentially critical in a criminal proceeding.
At the trial, which took place before a jury, Ms. Cook testified to the following version of the events surrounding...
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