Arizona v. Youngblood

Arizona v. Youngblood
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 11, 1988
Decided November 29, 1988
Full case nameArizona, Petitioner v. Larry Youngblood
Citations488 U.S. 51 (more)
109 S. Ct. 333; 102 L. Ed. 2d 281; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 5404; 57 U.S.L.W. 4013
Case history
PriorCert. to the Arizona Court of Appeals
Holding
Unless a criminal defendant can show bad faith on the part of the police, failure to preserve potentially useful evidence does not constitute a denial of due process of law.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinions
MajorityRehnquist, joined by White, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy
ConcurrenceStevens
DissentBlackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Arizona v. Youngblood, 488 U.S. 51 (1988), is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the limits of Constitutional due process in criminal law.

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