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CHOUINARD v. STATE

No. 4361.

635 P.2d 986 (1980)

96 N.M. 783

Mark CHOUINARD, Appellant, v. STATE of New Mexico, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

November 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Blackmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, Sasha Siemel, Asst. Dist. Atty., Albuquerque, for appellant.

Nancy Hollander, Asst. Public Defender, Albuquerque, for appellee.

OPINION

ANDREWS, Judge.

The defendant in this action was indicted on a variety of counts charging trafficking of a substance which was alleged to be cocaine during the period of May to August, 1977. After promising to appear in October, 1977, the defendant absconded for some twenty months and was re-arrested in May, 1979. During the pendency of his abscondence, the State negligently destroyed the substance underlying all but Count VII of the indictment....

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