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Tag Archives: Prosecutorial Misconduct
Supreme Court Looks Again at Methods of D.A.’s Office in Louisiana | NYTimes | Adam Liptak and Campbell Robertson | 11/2/11
NEW ORLEANS — For the third time in 16 years and the second time in two, the Orleans Parish district attorney’s office must explain itself before the United States Supreme Court on accusations of prosecutorial misconduct and the failure to … Continue reading
NY: Dog Helps Young Rape Victim Testify (http://is.gd/1nK4av)
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.: Seeing-eye and other service dogs have long been permitted in courts. However, Rosie, the first judicially approved courtroom therapy dog in New York, was in the witness box (sitting by witness’ feet) providing emotion support to a teenage … Continue reading
PA: Medina -Procedural error in failure to conduct competency tests of 11/ 12 years old fact witnesses warrants new trial. Judge to determine competency/ Trier of fact to determine credibility.
PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs Jose Medina, Case ID CP-51-CR-1210801-1991 (8/2/2011) (murder charges). Procedural error in failure to conduct competency tests of 11/ 12 years old fact witnesses warrants new trial. Judge to determine competency/ Trier of fact to determine … Continue reading
D.C. Circuit: Prosecutors’ Improper (“sympathetic overtones”) Opening/ Closing Stmts Deemed Harmless Error. @Legal_Times
D.C. Circuit: Prosecutor‘s Improper (“sympathetic overtones”) Opening/ Closing Statements Deemed Harmless Error. @Legal_Times. For full article, see Prosecutors’ Comments Not Enough For New Trial; for full opinion, see U.S. v. MOORE – Argued March 24, 2011. The D.C. Circuit found Prosecutor’s … Continue reading
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