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Four noncapital of note

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Four great noncapital cases in recent days that I won’t spoil with long descriptions U.S. v. Chapman:, No. No. 06-10316 (9th Cir) A Ninth Circuit panel upholds dismissal of indictment for gross (and I mean gross) prosecutorial misconduct: The government egregiously failed to meet its constitutional obligations under Brady and Giglio. It failed to even make inquiry as to conviction records, plea bargains, and other discoverable materials concerning key witnesses until after trial began. It repeatedly misrepresented to the district court that all such documents had been disclosed prior to trial. The government did not admit to the court that it failed to disclose Brady/Giglio material until after many of the key witnesses had testified and been released...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on May 06, 2008 (boomark / email).