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STATE v. GEESLIN

No. 2006-0882.

116 Ohio St.3d 252 (2007)

2007-Ohio-5239

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellee, v. GEESLIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Hinders, Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney, and Matthew K. Fox, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

James A. Tesno, for appellant.

CUPP, J.

{¶ 1} In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether a defendant's due process rights are violated when evidence in the hands of the state is lost or destroyed. For the reasons that follow, we hold that unless a defendant can show that the state acted in bad faith, the state's failure to preserve potentially useful evidence does not violate a defendant's due process rights.

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