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- Title: People V. Sams
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 18, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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The People, pursuant to section 16-12-102, 8 C.R.S. (1978), appeal the district court's dismissal of a criminal case filed against the defendant, Robert Sams. The judgment of dismissal was entered as a sanction for the loss of exculpatory identification evidence obtained by the police during the investigatory stage of the case. We conclude that the sanction of dismissal was unduly disproportionate to any prejudice caused to the defendant and therefore constituted an abuse of discretion. We accordingly reverse the judgment.