Opinion ID: 525360
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Lost Photo Lineups.

Text: 22 Two photographic lineups shown to the victim prior to the time appellant was arrested were lost. In both lineups, the appellant's picture was not included and the victim failed to identify anyone in the lineup as being the assailant. Because the victim failed to identify anyone in the lineup the lost evidence was irrelevant; the lost evidence was not exculpatory making Brady inapplicable and was not even potentially useful evidence making Youngblood inapplicable. However, even if the evidence was potentially useful, the state record fails to support a finding of bad faith on the part of police. Although the loss of the photographs may have been negligent, the record does not support a finding of bad faith. In the absence of bad faith, failure to preserve the lineups does not constitute a denial of due process of law. Youngblood, 109 S.Ct. at 336. 23