Alleged Cocaine Use In 1982, there were allegations that Mr. Barry used cocaine at a downtown nightclub and that the police mishandled the investigation.

The police routinely mishandle anybody unwise enough to bring these matters to public attention.

The Supreme Court today made it more difficult for defendants to challenge prosecutors on the ground that the police mishandled evidence that could prove a defendant's innocence.

The report prepared by the panel did not conclude whether the police mishandled the hostage situation, said the panel member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Jurors complained that prosecutors and the police mishandled the case.

Mr. Bress said as well that the police mishandled attempts to find evidence at the crime scene.

But, as a New York State report concluded, the police mishandled key evidence and made conflicting statements.

During the trial the police mishandled and even manufactured evidence against Bryson.

The case garnered substantial mass media attention, with critics charging that police mishandled the investigation into Jones' disappearance.

But both the marchers and the police mishandled the demonstration, which ended with about 120 arrests.