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quick look at this week’s new case law

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

So far we’ve spotted only a handful of decisions of note for the next email edition, all of which are after the jump Robert W. Jackson, III v. Danberg,  2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2100 (3rd Cir 2/1/2010) Panel upholds Delaware letha l injection protocols but takes it to task for its “blitheness.” James Phillip Barnes v. State, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 172 (FL 2/4/2010) Mr. Barnes waived counsel, entered a plea of guilty, and presnented no mitigation at trial.  On appeal, no error is found, save for the failure to allow Mr. Barnes to review the PSI in this matter, which the Court holds, if error, was harmless error. Douglas Tyrone Armstrong v. State, AP-75,706  (Texas Crim App 1/27/2010) Relief denied on a grab bag of claims on direct appeal including: (1) “evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support his conviction for capital murder” (2) denial of continuance  “despite his announcement of ‘Not Ready’;” (3) “that the trial judge tacitly removed trial counsel from his defense by denying counsel more time to conduct a complete mitigation investigation;” (4) “that the trial judge erred in denying his motion for a new trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 08, 2010 (boomark / email).