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STATE v. HERNANDEZ

No. CR-19-0193-PR.

474 P.3d 1191 (2020)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Pablo Isaac HERNANDEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed October 27, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Brunn (Beau) W. Roysden III , Solicitor General, Michael T. O'Toole , Chief Counsel, Michelle L. Hogan , Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Section, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Joel Feinman , Pima County Public Defender, Michael J. Miller , David J. Euchner , Deputy Public Defenders, Tucson, Attorneys for Pablo Isaac Hernandez

Nicholas C. DiPiazza , Glendale, and Lisa S. Wahlin , Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae, The Arizona Law Enforcement Legal Advisors Association.

Bill V. Amato , and Eric B. Edwards , Sedona, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police.

JUSTICE BEENE authored the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER and JUSTICES BOLICK, GOULD, LOPEZ, and MONTGOMERY joined.

¶1 When the state fails to preserve obviously material and reasonably accessible evidence that could have had a tendency to exonerate the accused and prejudice results, the trial court must provide the jury a Willits1 instruction. State v. Glissendorf,

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