Nolan Marcus Forness, II v. Virginia

Issue 1. Given the current extensive of use by law enforcement of modern technology such as automobile and body cameras, a defendant’s right under the Compulsory Process and Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment and Due Process Clauses of both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to access the resultant recordings and this Court should delineate the protections afforded to defendants and the procedures and standards courts must employ with regard to the loss and/or destruction of such evidence: a) Regarding the admissibility of such evidence; and b) Regarding the right of the trier of fact to hear and assess such evidence.